Linear irreversible thermodynamics and Onsager reciprocity for information-driven engines
In the recent progress in nonequilibrium thermodynamics, information has been recognized as a kind of thermodynamic resource that can drive thermodynamic current without any direct energy injection. In this paper, we establish the framework of linear irreversible thermodynamics for a broad class of...
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| Published in | Physical review. E Vol. 94; no. 5-1; p. 052121 |
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| Main Authors | , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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United States
15.11.2016
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| Summary: | In the recent progress in nonequilibrium thermodynamics, information has been recognized as a kind of thermodynamic resource that can drive thermodynamic current without any direct energy injection. In this paper, we establish the framework of linear irreversible thermodynamics for a broad class of autonomous information processing. In particular, we prove that the Onsager reciprocity holds true with information: The linear response matrix is well-defined and is shown symmetric with both of the information affinity and the conventional thermodynamic affinity. As an application, we derive a universal bound for the efficiency at maximum power for information-driven engines in the linear regime. Our result reveals the fundamental role of information flow in linear irreversible thermodynamics. |
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| ISSN: | 2470-0053 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/physreve.94.052121 |