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SUMMARY:Small thermal machines - Paul Skrzypczyk (CQIF)
DTSTART:20110317T141500Z
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CONTACT:Ashley Montanaro
DESCRIPTION:The second law of thermodynamics shows that physics imposes a 
 fundamental constraint on the efficiency of all thermal machines.  Here I 
 will study the question of whether size imposes further constraints upon t
 hermal machines\, namely whether there is a minimum  size below which no m
 achine can be constructed\, and whether when they are small if they can st
 ill be efficient? I will present a simple model which shows that there is 
 no limitation on the size or efficiency of thermal machine and how this le
 ads to a unified view of small refrigerators\, pumps and engines.
LOCATION:MR13\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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