Concept — Machines that transfer heat from cold to hot by absorbing work.
Present in chapters
12
Linked atoms
17 linked atoms.
11 Entropia
12 Cicli e macchine termiche
- Worked example — Carnot refrigerator and energy balance
- Refrigerators and heat pumps
- Problem — Air conditioner and open window
- Problem — Real air conditioner (SEER)
- Problem — Drawing a Carnot cycle (engine and refrigerator)
- Problem — Fridge with the door open
- Problem — Refrigerator as a reverse cycle
- Problem — Carnot refrigerator (273 K)
- Problem — Ideal heat pump for a house
- Problem — Heat pump for heating (295-273 K)
- Problem — Heat pump between 295 and 246 K
- Problem — Ranking four refrigerators
- Problem — Room with an open fridge
- Problem — Estimating the power of an air conditioner
- Problem — True or false on engines and refrigerators