Thermodynamics of a stochastic three level elevator model

Giuseppe Pellicane (), Mesfin Tsige and Berhanu Aragie

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2015, vol. 88, issue 11, 1-8

Abstract: We study the thermodynamic properties of a single particle occupying one of three available energy levels in a non-equilibrium regime. The particle is thermally coupled to a classical Maxwell-Boltzmann thermal reservoir and can jump among the available levels by exchanging energy with the heat bath. The bottom and middle energy levels are simultaneously raised at a given rate regardless of particle occupation, but keeping the energy gaps among the three levels fixed. We explicitly calculate the work, heat and entropy production rates, and the classical efficiency. We also consider the case of a Bose-Einstein thermal reservoir and provide explicit expressions for the non-equilibrium, steady-state probabilities. Copyright EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

Keywords: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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