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An ideal vapor compression refrigeration cycle using r134a as the refrigerant is being used to cool a house. It provides 3 refrigeration tons ≈ 10.5kW of cooling (heat removal from the house air). The refrigerant in the evaporator operates at 400kPa while in the condenser it is at 1000kPa. Treat the surroundings as a thermal reservoir at 33◦C and the air in the house as a thermal reservoir at 19◦C. All reservoirs are at 100kPa.

1. What is the COPr of this cycle?

2. How fast is exergy destroyed (kJ/s) in each process (evaporator, condenser, throttle, compressor)?

3. Which process has the lowest second law efficiency?

4. What is the rate of exergy destruction (kJ/s) for the cycle?

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