Calculate the amount of work input a freezer needs to make

Chapter 5, Problem 57HP

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Problem 57HP

Calculate the amount of work input a freezer needs to make ice cubes out of a tray of 0.25 kg liquid water at 10°C. Assume the freezer works in a Carnot cycle between−8°Cand 35°Cwith a motorcompressor of 600 W. How much time does it take if this is the only cooling load?

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QUESTION:

Problem 57HP

Calculate the amount of work input a freezer needs to make ice cubes out of a tray of 0.25 kg liquid water at 10°C. Assume the freezer works in a Carnot cycle between−8°Cand 35°Cwith a motorcompressor of 600 W. How much time does it take if this is the only cooling load?

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Solution 57HP

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The objective here is to determine the amount of work input required by a freezer to make a tray of ice cubes under the given conditions. Further, we need to calculate the time taken to cool the load.

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