Heat engine models are constructed within the framework of massive gravity in
this paper. For the four-dimensional charged black holes in massive gravity, it
is shown that the heat engines have a higher efficiency for the cases m2>0
than for the case m=0 when c1β<0,c2β<0. Considering a specific example, we
show that the maximum efficiency can reach 0.9219 while the efficiency for
m=0 reads 0.5014. The existence of graviton mass improves the heat engine
efficiency significantly. The situation is more complicated for the
five-dimensional neutral black holes. Not only the c1β,c2β,m2 exert
influence on the efficiency, but also the constant c3β corresponding to the
third massive potential contributes to the efficiency. When c1β<0,c2β<0,c3β0 is higher than that of
the case m=0. By studying the ratio Ξ·/Ξ·Cβ, we also probe how the
massive gravity influences the behavior of the heat engine efficiency
approaching the Carnot efficiency.Comment: 9pages,4figure