Catalytic enhancement in the performance of the microscopic two-stroke heat engine

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.10384v2
• Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 08:37:39 GMT
• Title: Catalytic enhancement in the performance of the microscopic two-stroke heat engine
• Authors: Tanmoy Biswas, Marcin Łobejko, Paweł Mazurek, Michał Horodecki,
• Abstract summary: We consider a model of heat engine operating in the microscopic regime: the twostroke engine. It produces work and exchanges heat in two discrete strokes that are separated in time. An auxiliary non-equilibrium system called catalyst may be incorporated with the working body of the engine.
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• Abstract: We consider a model of heat engine operating in the microscopic regime: the two-stroke engine. It produces work and exchanges heat in two discrete strokes that are separated in time. The working body of the engine consists of two $d$-level systems initialized in thermal states at two distinct temperatures. Additionally, an auxiliary non-equilibrium system called catalyst may be incorporated with the working body of the engine, provided the state of the catalyst remains unchanged after the completion of a thermodynamic cycle. This ensures that the work produced by the engine arises solely from the temperature difference. Upon establishing the rigorous thermodynamic framework, we characterize two-fold improvement stemming from the inclusion of a catalyst. Firstly, we prove that in the non-catalytic scenario, the optimal efficiency of the two-stroke heat engine with a working body composed of two-level systems is given by the Otto efficiency, which can be surpassed by incorporating a catalyst with the working body. Secondly, we show that incorporating a catalyst allows the engine to operate in frequency and temperature regimes that are not accessible for non-catalytic two-stroke engines. We conclude with general conjecture about advantage brought by catalyst: including the catalyst with the working body always allows to improve efficiency over the non-catalytic scenario for any microscopic two-stroke heat engines. We prove the conjecture for two-stroke engines when the working body is composed of two $d$-level systems initialized in thermal states at two distinct temperatures, as long as the final joint state leading to optimal efficiency in the non-catalytic scenario is not product, or at least one of the $d$-level system is not thermal.

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