2011/09/14 by Nikolai A. Sinitsyn, N. A. Sinitsyn · 1 citation
Chemistry · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.stat-mech #thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1751-8113/44/40/405001
published as J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 44 405001 (2011) · 3 pages, 1 figure
openalex publication_date 2011/09/14 · arxiv created 2011/11/29 · arxiv updated 2015/06/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
We derive the exact equality, referred to as the fluctuation relation for heat engines (FRHE), that relates statistics of heat extracted from one of the two heat baths and the work per one cycle of a heat engine operation. Carnot's inequality of classical thermodynamics follows as a direct consequence of the FRHE.