In an absorption refrigerator, the energy driving the process is sllPplied not as work, but as heat from a gas flame. (Such refrigerators commonly use propane as fuel, and are used in locations where electricity is unavailable. *) Let us define the following symbols, all taken to be positive by definition: Qf = heat input from flame Qe = heat extracted from inside refrigerator Qr = waste heat expelled to room Tf = temperature of flame Te temperature inside refrigerator Tr = room temperature Use the second law of thermodynamics to derive an upper limit on the COP, in terms of the temperatures Tf, Te, and Tr alone.
In an absorption refrigerator, the energy driving the process is sllPplied not as work, but as heat from a gas flame. (Such refrigerators commonly use propane as fuel, and are used in locations where electricity is unavailable. *) Let us define the following symbols, all taken to be positive by definition:
Qf = heat input from flame
Qe = heat extracted from inside refrigerator
Qr = waste heat expelled to room
Tf = temperature of flame
Te temperature inside refrigerator
Tr = room temperature
Use the second law of
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