• DocumentCode
    894252
  • Title

    A thermodynamic treatment of Penfield´s paradox in circuit theory

  • Author

    Epstein, D.J.

  • Volume
    55
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1967
  • Firstpage
    2173
  • Lastpage
    2174
  • Abstract
    Penfield has noted that circuit theory paradoxically suggests that a series motor connected to a "noise resistor" should run as a perpetual motion machine of the second kind. It is shown that the paradox results because of the incorrect assumption that the noise current at the resistor terminals accounts for the total motor torque.
  • Keywords
    Circuit noise; Circuit theory; Conductors; Noise generators; Resistors; Rotors; Thermal resistance; Thermodynamics; Torque; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1967.6107
  • Filename
    1448037
    • Link To Document
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