In Chaps. 13 and 14 we presented a discussion of heat engines operating in finite time with some irreversible (spontaneous) process, such as heat conduction, contributing to a non-zero power output and dissipation.
In this chapter we continue the analysis of heat engines driven by chemical reactions by investigating the effects of periodic changes of some external constraints on the efficiency of the engine and on the dissipation. The effects of such periodic changes on the efficiency and dissipation of non-linear reactions, including oscillatory reactions, will be taken up in the following chapters.
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(2008). Reduction of Dissipation in Heat Engines by Periodic Changes of External Constraints. In: Thermodynamics and Fluctuations far from Equilibrium. Springer Series in chemical physics, vol 90. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74555-6_15
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