A refrigerator operates according to a Brayton cycle, schematized below. The gas conditions (gamma = 1.4) at point 1 are P₁, V₁ and T₁ = 100 K. It is known that V₁ = 10 V₂ = 5 V₃ = V₄ / 2. Consider that Tf is the cold source temperature and Tq is the hot source temperature. It is known that Tq and Tf are, respectively, the maximum and minimum possible for the chiller to operate under these conditions. A Carnot chiller operating between these same two reservoirs would have a coefficient of performance closer to: a) 0.25 b) 0.5 c) 1 d) 2 e) 4 f) 8 g) 16

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A refrigerator operates according to a Brayton cycle, schematized below. The gas conditions (gamma = 1.4) at point 1 are P₁, V₁ and T₁ = 100 K. It is known that V₁ = 10 V₂ = 5 V₃ = V₄ / 2. Consider that Tf is the cold source temperature and Tq is the hot source temperature. It is known that Tq and Tf are, respectively, the maximum and minimum possible for the chiller to operate under these conditions. A Carnot chiller operating between these same two reservoirs would have a coefficient of performance closer to:

a) 0.25
b) 0.5
c) 1
d) 2
e) 4
f) 8
g) 16

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