Chemical Engineering - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics - Section 1 (Q.No. 14)
14.
A refrigerator may be termed as a
heat pump
heat engine
Carnot engine
none of these
Answer: Option
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Er. Akhlaque Ahmad said:   4 years ago
A refrigerator is a machine used for keeping things cold. It is sometimes called a fridge or an icebox. People put food and drinks in it, to keep those items cold or good (unspoiled) for a longer time. A refrigerator has a heat pump that takes heat away from the air inside the fridge.
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Naman Gupta said:   8 years ago
The purpose of refrigerator and heat pump is different. Though they work at the same cycle i.e., reverse carnot cycle. Both have different COP as well. Then how we can say refrigerator as a heat pump?
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Hrishikesh said:   7 years ago
This answer is correct.

As in both the refrigerator and pump heat is taken from cold bodywork is done on it and heat is given to the hot body.

But it is not the same in the case in a heat engine.
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Edmark said:   10 years ago
A heat pump use work to transfer heat from a low temperature to high temperature.

Kevin Trivedi said:   5 years ago
It is too cool right, then why it is heat pump?

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