Unified approach to power-efficiency trade-off relations of generic thermal machines.

We present a general framework for determining the power-efficiency trade-off relations across arbitrary thermal machines, addressing the lack of unified optimization results stemming from their diverse functionalities (e.g., heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps). For time-dependent cycle irreversibility A(τ) following a τ^{-α} power law, where α is an interaction-dependent parameter, we show that engineering the interactions between thermal machines and reservoirs enables control over the trade-off relations, with the efficiency at maximum power approaching Carnot efficiency as α increases. Setting α=1 naturally recovers typical low-dissipation regime results. Additionally, we derive the first power-efficiency trade-off for finite-time quantum adiabatic Otto machines with τ^{-2}-scaling. This work establishes a unified constraint for thermodynamic cycles across nonequilibrium regimes, facilitating consistent optimization of diverse thermal devices in practice.

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2025-11-01
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https://doi.org/10.1103/bvlw-rvvv
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Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
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Unified approach to power-efficiency trade-off relations of generic thermal machines.

Yuhan Ma, Cong Fu
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Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
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Unified approach to power-efficiency trade-off relations of generic thermal machines.

Yuhan Ma, Cong Fu
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We present a general framework for determining the power-efficiency trade-off relations across arbitrary thermal machines, addressing the lack of unified optimization results stemming from their diverse functionalities (e.g., heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps). For time-dependent cycle irreversibility A(τ) following a τ^{-α} power law, where α is an interaction-dependent parameter, we show that engineering the interactions between thermal machines and reservoirs enables control over the trade-off relations, with the efficiency at maximum power approaching Carnot efficiency as α increases. Setting α=1 naturally recovers typical low-dissipation regime results. Additionally, we derive the first power-efficiency trade-off for finite-time quantum adiabatic Otto machines with τ^{-2}-scaling. This work establishes a unified constraint for thermodynamic cycles across nonequilibrium regimes, facilitating consistent optimization of diverse thermal devices in practice.

PubMedVol. 112(5-1)
Xiamen University (CN), Beijing Normal University (CN)
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Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
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