title: Efficiencies of thermodynamics when temperature-dependent energy levels exist.
abstract: Based on a generalized form of the second law of thermodynamics, in which the temperature-dependent energy levels of a system are appropriately included in entropy generation, we show that the effect reasonably appears in efficiencies of thermodynamic processes.
authors.affiliation: Department Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Science, Kanagawa University, 2946, 6-233 Tsuchiya, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1293, Japan. yamano@amy.hi-ho.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamano