Answer to Question #5548 in Molecular Physics | Thermodynamics for cncrowell

Question #5548
A refrigerator operates with Carnot efficiency
between temperatures −4.8C and 36.1C.
What is its coefficient of performance?
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Expert's answer
2019-08-21T12:30:37-0400

The coefficient of performance or COP at the Carnot efficiency is defined to be:



where[i] Q[sub]H[/sub][/i] is the heat supplied to the hot reservoir W is the work consumed by the heat pump


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