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The document discusses four problems related to thermodynamics cycles and the second law of thermodynamics. 1. If a refrigerator's COP is improved by 20%, the required electric power would decrease from 950 W to 760 W to deliver 3 kW of cooling. 2. For a proposed ocean thermal power plant using water at 24oC and 3oC, the maximum possible efficiency is 68.3%. 3. If a refrigerated compartment is maintained at 2oC while losing heat at 1.2 kW to the surroundings at 25oC, and the refrigeration cycle has half the Carnot COP, the required compressor power would be 1.61 hp. 4. For

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The document discusses four problems related to thermodynamics cycles and the second law of thermodynamics. 1. If a refrigerator's COP is improved by 20%, the required electric power would decrease from 950 W to 760 W to deliver 3 kW of cooling. 2. For a proposed ocean thermal power plant using water at 24oC and 3oC, the maximum possible efficiency is 68.3%. 3. If a refrigerated compartment is maintained at 2oC while losing heat at 1.2 kW to the surroundings at 25oC, and the refrigeration cycle has half the Carnot COP, the required compressor power would be 1.61 hp. 4. For

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THERMOFLUIDS

SOLUTION TUTORIAL 4

THERMODYNAMICS CYCLES AND SECOND LAW

CYCLES EFFICIENCY

1. A refrigerator is capable of delivering 3 kW of cooling while requiring 950 W of


electric power to operate. If the COP of the refrigerator is improved by 20%, how much
electric power would be required to deliver 3 kW of cooling?

CARNOT CYCLES

2. In a proposed ocean thermal power plant, warm water near the surface is used to
provide heat input to a power cycle. The cycle rejects heat to cold water at the ocean
floor. If the temperatures of the water at the surface and at the ocean floor are 24 oC and
3oC, respectively, what is the maximum possible efficiency of this cycle?
3. A refrigerated compartment is maintained at 2oC. Heat from the surroundings, at 25o
C, leaks into the compartment at a rate of 1.2 kW. The refrigeration cycle used to
maintain the temperature difference has a coefficient of performance which is half the
Carnot value. How large power of compressor, in hp, is needed to drive this cycle?
( 1 horsepower = 0.7457 kW)

4. A power cycle operates between temperature limits of 400 oC and 15oC. The cycle
requires a heat input of 10.1 kW and rejects 6 kW to the low temperature reservoir. Is the
cycle irreversible, reversible, or impossible? Support your answer with calculations.

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