A refrigerator has a coefficient of performance

Chapter 20, Problem 11E

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QUESTION:

A refrigerator has a coefficient of performance of 2.25, runs on an input of 95 W of electrical power, and keeps its inside compartment at 5\(^\circ\)C. If you put a dozen 1.0-L, plastic bottles of water at 31\(^\circ\)C into this refrigerator, how long will it lake for them to be cooled down to 5\(^\circ\)C? (ignore any heat that leaves the plastic.)

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QUESTION:

A refrigerator has a coefficient of performance of 2.25, runs on an input of 95 W of electrical power, and keeps its inside compartment at 5\(^\circ\)C. If you put a dozen 1.0-L, plastic bottles of water at 31\(^\circ\)C into this refrigerator, how long will it lake for them to be cooled down to 5\(^\circ\)C? (ignore any heat that leaves the plastic.)

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Solution to 11E

Step 1

Performance co-efficient of refrigerator, K =2.25

Volume of a dozen 1L water bottles = 1x10-3m3 x 12=12x10-3 m3

Density of water =1g/cm3=103 kg/m3
Mass of of dozen of water bottles, m=12x10
-3m x103kg/m3=12 kg

Initial temperature =310C =304k

Final Temperature =50C =278K

△T=(304-278)K=28K

Power =95W

W=95/t Joules

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