Calculate the amount of work input a refrigerator needs to make ice cubes out of a tray

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Calculate the amount of work input a refrigerator needs to make ice cubes out of a tray of 0.5 lbm liquid water at 50 F. Assume the refrigerator has β = 3.5 and a motor-compressor of 750 W. How much time does it take if this is the only cooling load?
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Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

ISBN: 978-0471152323

6th edition

Authors: Richard E. Sonntag, Claus Borgnakke, Gordon J. Van Wylen

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