Dimensionality and geometry effects on a quantum carnot engine efficiency

Authors

  • Hiram Kalid Herrera Alcantar Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
  • José Carlos Carvajal García Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
  • Osvaldo Rosales Pérez Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
  • Rubén Cesar Villarreal-Sánchez Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Design, Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada-Tijuana 3917 transpeninsular highway, Playitas neighborhood, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5395-580X
  • Priscilla Elizabeth Iglesias-Vázquez Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37636/recit.v214548

Keywords:

Carnot cycle, Heat engine, Quantum confinement.

Abstract

We calculate the efficiency of a quantum Carnot cycle for a particle confined in two different infinite potential wells, a cylindrical potential well of variable radius and a two-dimensional square potential well with a periodicity in one of it sides. We find that the efficiency depends directly on the dimensionality and geometry of the well that confined the particle.

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Illustration of a four-step quantum Carnot cycle, where S denote the length of the different types of potential wells and F is the force exerted on the wall of the wells

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2019-02-27

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Herrera Alcantar, H. K., Carvajal García, J. C., Rosales Pérez, O., Villarreal-Sánchez, R. C., & Iglesias-Vázquez, P. E. (2019). Dimensionality and geometry effects on a quantum carnot engine efficiency. Revista De Ciencias Tecnológicas, 2(1), 45–48. https://doi.org/10.37636/recit.v214548

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): January-March

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