The optimal performance of the Feynman ratchet-and-pawl engine is analysed by taking the power and the efficiency of the engine as objective functions. The power-efficiency curves are also obtained. These curves show a loop shape similar to those characteristic of some real heat engines. Explicit analytical expressions are reported in the so-called linear regime.
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Velasco, S., Roco, J. M. M., Medina, A., & Hernandez, A. C. (2001). Feynman’s ratchet optimization: Maximum power and maximum efficiency regimes. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 34(6), 1000–1006. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/34/6/323
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