Abstract
We determine the optical heating of an ideal gas, which is contained in a cylinder equipped with a piston having a given arbitrary motion and which is coupled to a heat bath, so that the work produced is maximal given a total pumping energy. We show that the optimal heating is impulsive and we determine the location of the impulse. Efficiency and thermodynamic analyses are obtained for sinusoidal piston motion.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3745-3749 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Physics |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Dec 1981 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy