Criticism of Feynman’s analysis of the ratchet as an engine
作者:
Juan M. R. Parrondo,
Pep Español,
期刊:
American Journal of Physics
(AIP Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 64,
issue 9
页码: 1125-1130
ISSN:0002-9505
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1119/1.18393
出版商: American Association of Physics Teachers
关键词: HEAT ENGINES;CARNOT CYCLE;THERMAL EFFICIENCY;IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES;HEAT TRANSFER;THERMAL INSULATION;BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;05.20;05.40;05.70
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
The well‐known discussion on an engine consisting of a ratchet and a pawl in [R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, and M. Sands,TheFeynmanLecturesonPhysics(Addison‐Wesley, Reading, MA, 1963), Vol. 1, pp. 46.1–46.9] is shown to contain some misguided aspects: Since the engine issimultaneouslyin contact with reservoirs at different temperatures, it can never work in a reversible way. As a consequence, the engine can never achieve the efficiency of a Carnot cycle, not even in the limit of zero power (infinitely slow motion), in contradiction with the conclusion reached in theLectures.
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