A simple model for Carnot heat engines

Jacques Arnaud (1) , Laurent Chusseau (1, 2) , Fabrice Philippe (3)

1 IES - Institut d’Electronique et des Systèmes
2 RADIAC - Radiations et composants
3 ARITH - Arithmétique informatique

We present a (random) mechanical model consisting of two lottery-like reservoirs at altitude Eh and El, respectively, in the earth's gravitational field. Both reservoirs consist of N possible ball locations. The upper reservoir contains initially nh

Mots clés: Carnot cycle; quantum heat engine; thermodynamics

Domaines: Mécanique statistique [cond-mat.stat-mech]; Physique Quantique [quant-ph]

Jacques Arnaud, Laurent Chusseau, Fabrice Philippe. A simple model for Carnot heat engines. 2008. ⟨hal-00347192v2⟩