Theoretical and numerical analysis of a heat pump model utilizing Dufour effect

摘要

A heat pump model utilizing the Dufour effect is proposed and studied bynumerical and theoretical analysis. Numerically, we perform MD simulations ofthis system and measure the cooling power and the coefficient of performance(COP) as figures of merit. Theoretically, we calculate the cooling power andthe COP from the henomenological equations describing this system by using thelinear irreversible thermodynamics and compare the theoretical results with theMD results.