
Consider a household refrigerator that uses HFC-134a as the refrigerant, operating between the pressures of 1.0 bar and 10 bars.
(a) The compression stage of the stage of the cycle begins with saturated vapor at 1 bar and ends at 10 bars. Assuming that the entropy is constant during compression, find the approximate temperature of the vapor after it is compressed. (You’ll have to do an interpolation between the values given in Table 4.4)
(b) Determine the enthalpy at each of the points 1, 2, 3, and 4, and calculate the coefficient of performance. Compare to the COP of a Carnot refrigerator operating between the same reservoir temperatures. Does this temperature range seem reasonable for a household refrigerator? Explain briefly.
(c) What fraction of the liquid vaporizes during the throttling step?

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