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Thermodynamic Efficiency at Maximum Power
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We show by general arguments from linear irreversible thermodynamics that for a heat engine, operating between reservoirs at temperatures ${T}_{0}$ and ${T}_{1}$, ${T}_{0}\ensuremath{\ge}{T}_{1}$, the efficiency at maximum power is bounded from above by $1\ensuremath{-}\sqrt{{T}_{1}/{T}_{0}}$.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Van den Broeck, C.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2005-11-02
- Volume
- 95
- Issue
- 19
- Pages
- 190602-190602
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W2099045037
- Cited by
- 555
- References
- 10
- FWCI
- 6.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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