EBK THERMODYNAMICS: AN ENGINEERING APPR
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Chapter 6.11, Problem 170FEP
A typical new household refrigerator consumes about 680 kWh of electricity per year and has a coefficient of performance of 1.4. The amount of heat removed by this refrigerator from the refrigerated space per year is
- (a) 952 MJ/yr
- (b) 1749 MJ/yr
- (c) 2448 MJ/yr
- (d) 3427 MJ/yr
- (e) 4048 MJ/yr
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