Abstract
In this paper, the effects of identical particles and energy-level degeneracy on the work output of the quantum Otto and Stirling heat engines are studied. For quantum Otto heat engine, we find the effects of degeneracy in the ground state and in the excited state are same in the high-temperature limitation while the work done by a system with n-fold degeneracy in the excited state (ground state) is n ([Formula: see text]) times the one without degeneracy in the single-particle case. Moreover, the effects of the identical two-level systems with degeneracy in the ground state or excited state as working substances are discussed. The results of such problem for the Stirling and Carnot heat engines are similar. By analytical derivations in two limit conditions, we conclude that for the cycles which are composed of the quantum adiabatic process, isochoric process and isothermal process have similar results.
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