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

Question

A refrigerator operates with Carnot efficiency
between temperatures −4.8C and 36.1C.
What is its coefficient of performance?

Answer 1

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