Question: Calculate the amount of work input a refrigerator needs to make ice cubes out of a tray of 0.25 kg liquid water at 10oC. Assume

Calculate the amount of work input a refrigerator needs to make ice cubes out of a tray of 0.25 kg liquid water at 10oC. Assume the refrigerator works in a Carnot cycle between –8oC and 35oC with a motor-compressor of 750 W. How much time does it take if this is the only cooling load?

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