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We analyze the mathematical relation between the natural variables of both models and from this the resulting thermodynamic implications. Among them, particular emphasis has been placed on the physical consistency between the heat leak and time evolution on the one side, and between parabolic and loop-like behaviors of the parametric power-efficiency plots. A detailed analysis for different heat transfer laws in the Carnot-like model in terms of the maximum power efficiencies given by the Low-Dissipation model is also presented.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e19040182","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,4,24]],"date-time":"2017-04-24T13:10:11Z","timestamp":1493039411000},"page":"182","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Carnot-Like Heat Engines Versus Low-Dissipation Models"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Julian","family":"Gonzalez-Ayala","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de F\u00edsica Aplicada, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Roco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de F\u00edsica Aplicada, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain"},{"name":"Instituto Universitario de F\u00edsica Fundamental y Matem\u00e1ticas (IUFFyM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alejandro","family":"Medina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de F\u00edsica Aplicada, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5058-0395","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonio","family":"Calvo Hern\u00e1ndez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de F\u00edsica Aplicada, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain"},{"name":"Instituto Universitario de F\u00edsica Fundamental y Matem\u00e1ticas (IUFFyM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,4,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"22","DOI":"10.1119\/1.10023","article-title":"Efficiency of a Carnot Engine at Maximum Power Output","volume":"43","author":"Curzon","year":"1975","journal-title":"Am. 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