An ideal carnot refrigerator with a performance coefficient (cop) of 2.1 cools items inside of it to 5.0° c. what is the high temperature needed to operate this refrigerator?

a) 7° c
b) 589° c
c) 137° c
d) 16° c

the high temperature needed to operate this refrigerator is C) 137.4° C

Explanation:

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The carnot refrigeration cycle is one in which a machine absorbs heat from an enclosure and expels it to the surroundings, the equation that defines the COP performance coefficient for this cycle is:

COP=performance coefficient =2.1

T1=  Low temperature

T2=high temperature

Now use algebra to find the high temperature

If we replace the values:

note = remember that the temperature must be in absolute units, for which we must add 273.15 to the low temperature to find the temperature in Kelvin

T1 = 5 + 273.15 = 278.15K

In celsius

T2=410.60-273.15=137.4° C

the high temperature needed to operate this refrigerator is C) 137.4° C

radiation

explanation:

heat is transmitted by radiation