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Q1: The water enters an ice machine at 130C and leaves as ice at -40C. If the COP of ice machine is 2.4 during this operation, determine the required power input for an ice production rate of 12kg/h. (393kJ of energy needs to be removed from each kg of water at 130C tto turn it into ice at -40C)

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Q2: Refrigerant-134a enters the condensers of a residential heat pump at 800 kPa and 35 oC at a rate of 0.018 kg/s and leaves at 800 kPa as a saturated liquid. If the compressors consumes 1.2 kW of power, determine: a) the COP of heat pump and b) The rate of heat absorption from the outside.

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Q3: A commercial refrigerator with R-134a as the working fluid is considered. The R-134a enter evaporator as saturated mixture with P=120 kPa and x=0.2, and leaves evaporator at 120 kPa and -20 0C . The power input at compressor is 0.45 kW. Determine the mass flow rate of refrigerant and the rate of heat rejected if the COPR is 1.2.

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Q4: Two pair of thermal energy reservoirs are to be compared from a workproduction perspective. The 1st pair has TL1 = 52 0C and TH1 = 402 0C , meanwhile the 2nd pair has TL1 = 2 0C and TH1 = 352 0C . Calculate which pair have a higher efficiency . (Consider use Carnot HE)

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Q5: A completely reversible heat engine operates with a sourse at 800K and a sink at 280K. At what rate must heat be supplied to this engine, in kJ/h, for it to produce 4kW of power? Solution Q5:

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Q6: A completely reversible refrigerator is driven by a 10kW compressor and operates with thermal energy reservoirs at 250K and 300K. Calculate the rate of cooling provided by this refrigerator. Solution Q6:

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Q7: A Carnot refrigerator operates in a room in which the temp. is 250C. The refrigerator consumes 500W of power when operating and has COP of 4.5. Determine (a) the rate of heat removal from the refrigerated space (b) the temperature of the refrigerated space Solution Q7:

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Q8: A heat pump is used to heat a house and maintain in at 240C. On a winter day when the outdoor air temp. is -50C, the house is estimated to lose heat at a rate of 80,000 kJ/h. Determine the minimum power required to operate this heat pump. Solution Q8:

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