Extraction of ergotropy: free energy bound and application to open cycle engines
The second law of thermodynamics uses change in free energy of macroscopic systems to set a bound on performed work. Ergotropy plays a similar role in microscopic scenarios, and is defined as the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from a system by a unitary operation. In this analysis, w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Verein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Quantum |
| Online Access: | https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2022-10-17-841/pdf/ |