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Refrigeration

Refrigeration. Energy for Heat Transfer. 1 st Law of Thermodynamics. Whenever heat flows into or out of a system, the gain or loss of thermal energy equals the amount of heat transferred. You don’t get energy from nothing.

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Refrigeration

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  1. Refrigeration Energy for Heat Transfer

  2. 1st Law of Thermodynamics • Whenever heat flows into or out of a system, the gain or loss of thermal energy equals the amount of heat transferred. • You don’t get energy from nothing. • The amount of energy in the beginning is equal to the amount of energy at the end, but it may be in a different form.

  3. 2nd Law of Thermodynamics • Heat never spontaneously flows from a cold substance to a hot substance. • In the summer heat from flows from the warm outdoors into your cool house. • Your ac does not cool the outside. • The outside makes your house warmer. • In the winter heat flows from your warm house to the cold air outside • The cold air does not make your house colder • Your house makes the outdoors warmer

  4. 3rd Law of Thermodynamics • No system can reach absolute zero • natures lowest possible temperature where all molecular motion ceases • Physicists have been within less than a millionth of 1 Kelvin, but never 0K!

  5. Refrigerators • Facts • Cooking does not destroy poisons in food. • To preserve food it must be kept cold (between 32oF and 40oF) and dry. • Drawbacks • Cost associated with purchase and operation • Energy supply needed to operate • Work is done in order to move thermal energy from low to high. • If you unplug the fridge, it no longer stays cool.

  6. °C x 9/5 + 32 = °F(°F - 32) x 5/9 = °C°C + 273 = K

  7. Liquid pumped into the cooling unit • It is forced through tiny openings causing it to evaporate and draws heat from its surroundings. • The gas is directed outside the cooling unit to the coils on the back. • The gas condenses, releasing its heat to the surrounding air (outside the refrigerator)

  8. Energy is Needed for a Phase Change • Whenever a substance changes phase, an energy transfer occurs. • Heat of Fusion: amount of energy needed to change a substance from a solid to a liquid (melt) • Heat of Vaporization: amount of energy required to change a substance from a liquid to a gas (boil) Energy is absorbed when change of phase is in this direction Solid Liquid Gas Energy is released when change of phase is in this direction

  9. Practice Problems: The heat of fusion of water is 335 kj/kg. • Is energy absorbed or released when ice melts? • How much energy must be absorbed to melt 1 kg of ice? 335 kj • Is energy absorbed or released when water freezes? • How much energy must be released to freeze the water back into ice? 335 kj

  10. There is no temperature change during a phase change! Energy is going into the change in phase not into eating up the substance!

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