Quantum Engine Combines Power with Ideal Efficiency ⚡ экспресс
Original: "Approaching Carnot Efficiency at Finite Power in an Experimentally Feasible Quantum Heat Engine"
Physicists have proposed a superconducting circuit where multiple quantum systems, working together as a single coordinated mechanism, almost reach the theoretical maximum of efficiency without losing power.
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Ordinary engines: more power means lower efficiency. A quantum trick with collective amplification breaks this rule. A superconducting chip promises engines that are almost ideal and yet powerful. A step toward lossless energy.
🎯 In household appliances, up to 60–70% of energy is lost as heat due to friction. In quantum systems, this friction vanishes: instead, collective amplification kicks in, allowing close to 100% of the theoretically possible efficiency. Such an engine could run almost loss-free.
\eta = 1 - \frac{T_c}{T_h}
Carnot efficiency: the maximum fraction of heat converted into work, where T_c is the cold reservoir temperature and T_h is the hot reservoir temperature.