A. The food compartment of a refrigerator, shown in fig., is maintained at 4°C by emoving heat from it at rate of 360000 J/min. If the required power input to the frigerator is 2 Kw, determine (a) the coefficient of performance of the refrigerator nd (b) the rate of heat rejection to the room that houses the refrigerator. Kitchen On 2 kW Or. 360 kJ/min Food compartment 4°C

A. The food compartment of a refrigerator, shown in fig., is maintained at 4°C by emoving heat from it at rate of 360000 J/min. If the required power input to the frigerator is 2 Kw, determine (a) the coefficient of performance of the refrigerator nd (b) the rate of heat rejection to the room that houses the refrigerator. Kitchen On 2 kW Or. 360 kJ/min Food compartment 4°C

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Chapter15: Thermodynamics

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Problem 43PE: Suppose you want to operate an ideal refrigerator with a cold temperature of 10.0C, and you would...

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