2015/03/09 by Bart Cleuren, Cleuren, Bart, Bob Rutten +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1503.02453
10 pages, 1 figure
arxiv created 2015/03/09 · arxiv updated 2015/03/10
Universal properties of efficiency at maximum power are investigated in a general setting. In particular, it is demonstrated how successive symmetries placed upon the dynamics manifest themselves at the macroscopic level. A general condition is derived for which thermodynamic devices are able to attain a reversible operation.