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This work extends the local stability analysis considering other performance regimes: the Maximum Efficient Power (MEP) and the Ecological Function (EF) regimes. The relaxation time was shown under different performance regimes as functions of the temperature ratio \u03c4 = T2\/T1, with T1 &gt; T2, the fractional fuel cost f and a lumped parameter R related to the internal irreversibilities degree. Under Maximum Efficient Power conditions the relaxation times are less than the relaxation times under both Maximum Ecological function and Maximum Power. 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