Just Part C and D A refrigerator is characterized by a number called the coeffic
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Just Part C and D
A refrigerator is characterized by a number called the coefficient of performance (COP), which is defined as the heat removed from the cool place (inside the fridge) divided by the work required to remove that heat: COP = Q_l/W. If you are buying a new fridge is it better to buy one with a higher COP or a lower COP? higher lower it doesn't matter Let's say that a fridge operates between temperatures of 4 degree C and 33.0 degree C. A particular fridge has a COP of 4.80. (b) If 600 of work is done by the compressor in the fridge to extract heat from inside the fridge, how much heat is removed from inside the fridge? 2880 J (c) How much heat is dumped by the fridge into the surroundings, in this case? J (d) What is the maximum possible COP that would be achieved by an ideal fridge operating between the two temperatures specified above?Explanation / Answer
Heat extracted from inside the fridge, Qcold= 2880J
Coefficient of Performance, COP= 4.80
Temperature of cold reservoir, Tc= 4oC= (4+273)K= 277K
Temperature of hot reservoir, Th= 33oC= (33+273)K= 306K
c). Let heat dumped by the fridge into the surroundings be Qhot
Then we can write Coefficient of Performance as
COP= Qcold/(Qhot- Qcold)
using given values in above,
4.80= 2880/ (Qhot-2880)
Qhot-2880= 600
Qhot= 3480 J (ANS)
d). COP for Ideally operating Fridge is given as
COP= Tc/(Th-Tc)
using given values in above,
4.80= 277/(306-277)= 9.55 (ANS)
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