Chapter 21: Q. 40 (page 596)
Prove that the coefficient of performance of a Carnot refrigerator is .
Short Answer
The coefficient of performance of refrigerator is given by.
Chapter 21: Q. 40 (page 596)
Prove that the coefficient of performance of a Carnot refrigerator is .
The coefficient of performance of refrigerator is given by.
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Get started for freeA heat engine using 1.0 mol of a monatomic gas follows the cycle shown in FIGURE P21.55. 3750 J of heat energy is transferred to the gas during process 1 -> 2.
a. Determine Ws, Q, and ΔEth for each of the four processes in this cycle. Display your results in a table.
b. What is the thermal efficiency of this heat engine?
How much work is done per cycle by a gas following the trajectory of FIGURE EX?
A Carnot heat engine with thermal efficiency is run backward as a Carnot refrigerator. What is the refrigerator’s coefficient of performance?
An ideal refrigerator utilizes a Carnot cycle operating between and . To turn of liquid water at into of ice at ,
How much heat is exhausted into the room and
How much energy must be supplied to the refrigerator?
FIGURE Pis the diagram of Example , but now the device is operated in reverse.
a. During which processes is heat transferred into the gas?
b. Is this, heat extracted from a hot reservoir, or , heat extracted from a cold reservoir? Explain.
c. Determine the values ofand.
Hint: The calculations have been done in Example and do not need to be repeated. Instead, you need to determine which processes now contribute to and which to .
d. Is the area inside the curve or ? What is its value?
e. The device is now being operated in a ccw cycle. Is it a refrigerator? Explain.
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