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Part (a)

Here for refrigerant 134 a

𝑇𝑠𝑎𝑡  160 𝑘𝑝𝑎 = −15.60 °𝐶 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐴 − 12

𝑄𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑏 = 180 𝑘𝑗
𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 − 15.60 °𝐶 𝑡𝑜 𝐾 = 273 − 15.60 = 257.4 𝐾
The entropy change of cooled space

𝑆 𝑄𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑏 180 𝐾𝑗 𝐾𝐽
𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡 = = = 0.699
𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡 257.4 𝐾 𝑘

Part (b)

The entropy change in cooled spaces

𝑇𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 = −5°𝐶 = 268 𝐾

𝑆 𝑄𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑏 180 𝐾𝑗 𝐾𝐽
𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 =− =− = − 0.6716
𝑇𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 268 𝐾 𝑘

Part (c)

The total change in entropy is given by ,

𝑆 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = 𝑆𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡 + 𝑆 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒


𝐾𝐽 𝐾𝐽
= 0.699 𝑘
− 0.6716 𝑘
𝐾𝐽
= 0.0274
𝑘

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