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math.OC2021
On Energy Conversion in Port-Hamiltonian Systems
Arjan Van der Schaft, Dimitri Jeltsema
We study port-Hamiltonian systems with two external ports, and the strategies and limitations for conversion of energy from one port into the other. It turns out that, apart from t…
math.OC2020
Limits to Energy Conversion
Arjan van der Schaft, Dimitri Jeltsema
A consequence of the Second Law of thermodynamics is that no thermodynamic system with a single heat source at constant temperature can convert heat into mechanical work in a recur…