Chapter 15: Q60P (page 412)
A 鈥淐arnot鈥 refrigerator (the reverse of a Carnot engine) absorbs heat from the freezer compartment at a temperature of -17掳C and exhausts it into the room at 25掳C.
(a) How much work would the refrigerator do to change 0.65 kg of water at 25掳C into ice at -17掳C.
(b) If the compressor output is 105 W and runs 25% of the time, how long will this take?
Short Answer
(a) The work done by the refrigerator is\(5.03 \times {104}\;{\rm{J}}\).
(b) The time taken to do the work is\(32\;\min \).
