scholarly journals Time–energy uncertainty principle for irreversible heat engines

2020 ◽  
Vol 378 (2170) ◽  
pp. 20190171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolf Hanel ◽  
Petr Jizba
Keyword(s):  
Uncertainty Principle ◽  
Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Ideal Gas ◽  
Irreversible Processes ◽  
Bohr Radius ◽  
Heat Engines ◽  
Working Medium ◽  
Semi Empirical ◽  
The Ideal

Even though irreversibility is one of the major hallmarks of any real-life process, an actual understanding of irreversible processes remains still mostly semi-empirical. In this paper, we formulate a thermodynamic uncertainty principle for irreversible heat engines operating with an ideal gas as a working medium. In particular, we show that the time needed to run through such an irreversible cycle multiplied by the irreversible work lost in the cycle is bounded from below by an irreducible and process-dependent constant that has the dimension of an action. The constant in question depends on a typical scale of the process and becomes comparable to Planck’s constant at the length scale of the order Bohr radius, i.e. the scale that corresponds to the smallest distance on which the ideal gas paradigm realistically applies. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Fundamental aspects of nonequilibrium thermodynamics’.

scholarly journals Non-commutative space engine: A boost to thermodynamic processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (24) ◽  
pp. 2150174
Author(s):  
Tanmoy Pandit ◽  
Pritam Chattopadhyay ◽  
Goutam Paul
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Catalytic Effect ◽  
Otto Cycle ◽  
Stirling Cycle ◽  
Heat Engines ◽  
Working Medium ◽  
Commutative Space ◽  
Thermodynamic Variables ◽  
Thermodynamic Processes ◽  
The Ideal

We introduce quantum heat engines that perform quantum Otto cycle and the quantum Stirling cycle by using a coupled pair of harmonic oscillator as its working substance. In the quantum regime, different working medium is considered for the analysis of the engine models to boost the efficiency of the cycles. In this work, we present Otto and Stirling cycle in the quantum realm where the phase space is non-commutative in nature. By using the notion of quantum thermodynamics, we develop the thermodynamic variables in non-commutative phase space. We encounter a catalytic effect (boost) on the efficiency of the engine in non-commutative space (i.e. we encounter that the Stirling cycle reaches near to the efficiency of the ideal cycle) when compared with the commutative space. Moreover, we obtained a notion that the working medium is much more effective for the analysis of the Stirling cycle than that of the Otto cycle.

Dirac structures and variational formulation of port-Dirac systems in nonequilibrium thermodynamics

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 1298-1347
Author(s):  
François Gay-Balmaz ◽  
Hiroaki Yoshimura
Keyword(s):  
Entropy Production ◽  
Variational Formulation ◽  
Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Ideal Gas ◽  
Irreversible Processes ◽  
Lagrangian Systems ◽  
Specific Class ◽  
Dirac Structures ◽  
Dirac Systems

Abstract The notion of implicit port-Lagrangian systems for nonholonomic mechanics was proposed in Yoshimura & Marsden (2006a, J. Geom. Phys., 57, 133–156; 2006b, J. Geom. Phys., 57, 209–250; 2006c, Proc. of the 17th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Kyoto) as a Lagrangian analogue of implicit port-Hamiltonian systems. Such port-systems have an interconnection structure with ports through which power is exchanged with the exterior and which can be modeled by Dirac structures. In this paper, we present the notions of implicit port-Lagrangian systems and port-Dirac dynamical systems in nonequilibrium thermodynamics by generalizing the Dirac formulation to the case allowing irreversible processes, both for closed and open systems. Port-Dirac systems in nonequilibrium thermodynamics can be also deduced from a variational formulation of nonequilibrium thermodynamics for closed and open systems introduced in Gay-Balmaz & Yoshimura (2017a, J. Geom. Phys., 111, 169–193; 2018a, Entropy, 163, 1–26). This is a type of Lagrange–d’Alembert principle for the specific class of nonholonomic systems with nonlinear constraints of thermodynamic type, which are associated to the entropy production equation of the system. We illustrate our theory with some examples such as a cylinder-piston with ideal gas, an electric circuit with entropy production due to a resistor and an open piston with heat and matter exchange with the exterior.

Making sense of sensemaking: using the sensemaking epistemic game to investigate student discourse during a collaborative gas law activity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin H. Hunter ◽  
Jon-Marc G. Rodriguez ◽  
Nicole M. Becker
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Ideal Gas ◽  
Interactive Simulation ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
Student Discourse ◽  
Coding Scheme ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Ideal Gas Law ◽  
The Ideal

Beyond students’ ability to manipulate variables and solve problems, chemistry instructors are also interested in students developing a deeper conceptual understanding of chemistry, that is, engaging in the process of sensemaking. The concept of sensemaking transcends problem-solving and focuses on students recognizing a gap in knowledge and working to construct an explanation that resolves this gap, leading them to “make sense” of a concept. Here, we focus on adapting and applying sensemaking as a framework to analyze three groups of students working through a collaborative gas law activity. The activity was designed around the learning cycle to aid students in constructing the ideal gas law using an interactive simulation. For this analysis, we characterized student discourse using the structural components of the sensemaking epistemic game using a deductive coding scheme. Next, we further analyzed students’ epistemic form by assessing features of the activity and student discourse related to sensemaking: whether the question was framed in a real-world context, the extent of student engagement in robust explanation building, and analysis of written scientific explanations. Our work provides further insight regarding the application and use of the sensemaking framework for analyzing students’ problem solving by providing a framework for inferring the depth with which students engage in the process of sensemaking.

The combined effect of lattice’s uniaxial strains and electron–phonon interaction’s screening on TBEC of the intersite bipolarons

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (26) ◽  
pp. 1650186
Author(s):  
B. Yavidov ◽  
SH. Djumanov ◽  
T. Saparbaev ◽  
O. Ganiyev ◽  
S. Zholdassova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ideal Gas ◽  
Einstein Condensation ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Electron Phonon Interaction ◽  
Model Lattice ◽  
Experimental Values ◽  
Bose Einstein ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
The Ideal

Having accepted a more generalized form for density-displacement type electron–phonon interaction (EPI) force we studied the simultaneous effect of uniaxial strains and EPI’s screening on the temperature of Bose–Einstein condensation [Formula: see text] of the ideal gas of intersite bipolarons. [Formula: see text] of the ideal gas of intersite bipolarons is calculated as a function of both strain and screening radius for a one-dimensional chain model of cuprates within the framework of Extended Holstein–Hubbard model. It is shown that the chain model lattice comprises the essential features of cuprates regarding of strain and screening effects on transition temperature [Formula: see text] of superconductivity. The obtained values of strain derivatives of [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] are in qualitative agreement with the experimental values of [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] of La[Formula: see text]Sr[Formula: see text]CuO4 under moderate screening regimes.

Visualization of the ideal gas equation

1988 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 398-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Hellemans
Keyword(s):  
Ideal Gas ◽  
The Ideal

SPIN-POLARIZED ATOMIC DEUTERIUM (↓D) IN THE STATIC FLUCTUATION APPROXIMATION (SFA)

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (03) ◽  
pp. 257-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. SANDOUQA ◽  
B. R. JOUDEH ◽  
M. K. AL-SUGHEIR ◽  
H. B. GHASSIB
Keyword(s):  
Ground State Energy ◽  
Ground State ◽  
State Energy ◽  
Ideal Gas ◽  
Hard Sphere Model ◽  
Spin Polarized ◽  
Static Fluctuation Approximation ◽  
Static Fluctuation ◽  
Type Potential ◽  
The Ideal

Spin-polarized atomic deuterium (↓D) is investigated in the static fluctuation approximation with a Morse-type potential. The thermodynamic properties of the system are computed as functions of temperature. In addition, the ground-state energy per atom is calculated for the three species of ↓D : ↓D 1, ↓D 2, and ↓D 3. This is then compared to the corresponding ground-state energy per atom for the ideal gas, and to that obtained by the perturbation theory of the hard sphere model. It is deduced that ↓D is nearly ideal.

A Study of a Sharp 90 Degree Curved Flow

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Turbulence Model ◽  
Ideal Gas ◽  
Radius Of Curvature ◽  
Dimensional Theory ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Algebraic Stress Model ◽  
Finite Difference Technique ◽  
Curved Tube ◽  
Kinetic Energy Loss ◽  
The Ideal

Abstract An investigation of air flow along a 90 degree elbow-like tube is conducted to determine the velocity and temperature distributions of the flow. The tube has a sharp 90 degree turn with a radius of curvature of almost zero. The flow is assumed to be a steady two-dimensional turbulent flow satisfying the ideal gas relation. The flow will be analyzed using a finite difference technique with the K-ε turbulence model, and the algebraic stress model (ASM). The FLUENT code was used to determine the parameter distributions in the passage. There are certain conditions for which the K-ε model does not describe the fluid phenomenon properly. For these conditions, an alternative turbulence model, the ASM with or without QUICK was employed. FLUENT has these models among its features. The results are compared with the result computed by using elementary one-dimensional theory including the kinetic energy loss along the passage of the sharp 90 degree curved tube.

Influence of Imperfections in the Working Media on Diesel Engine Indicator Process: Part 2 — Results

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislav N. Danov ◽  
Ashwani K. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Diesel Engine ◽  
High Pressures ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Ideal Gas ◽  
Working Medium ◽  
High Pressures And Temperatures ◽  
Specific Heat Capacities ◽  
Working Media ◽  
The Mathematical Model

Abstract In the companion Part 1 of this two-part series paper several improvements to the mathematical model of the energy conversion processes, taking place in a diesel engine cylinder, have been proposed. Analytical mathematical dependencies between thermal parameters (pressure, temperature, volume) and caloric parameters (internal energy, enthalpy, specific heat capacities) have been obtained. These equations have been used to provide an improved mathematical model of diesel engine indicator process. The model is based on the first law of thermodynamics, by taking into account imperfections in the working media which appear when working under high pressures and temperatures. The numerical solution of the simultaneous differential equations is obtained by Runge-Kutta type method. The results show that there are significant differences between the values calculated by equations for ideal gas and real gas under conditions of high pressures and temperatures. These equations are then used to solve the desired practical problem in two different two-stroke turbo-charged engines (8DKRN 74/160 and Sulzer-RLB66). The numerical experiments show that if the pressure is above 8 to 9 MPa, the working medium imperfections must be taken into consideration. The mathematical model presented here can also be used to model combustion process of other thermal engines, such as advanced gas turbine engines and rockets.

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