Question: H 5 . 3 ( Ch 5 ) Consider a household refrigerator. Refrigerant - 1 3 4 a enters the evaporator at the back of

H5.3(Ch5) Consider a household refrigerator. Refrigerant-134a enters the evaporator at the back of the freezer section at 120 kPa with a quality of \(20\%\) and leaves as saturated vapor at 120 kPa . If the compressor consumes 600 W of power and the coefficient of performance for the refrigerator is 1.5, determine:
a. the mass flow rate of the refrigerant \([\mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{s}]\)
b. the rate of heat rejected at condenser to the kitchen air [W]
c. for the same rate of cooling at the evaporator, what is the minimum power input [W] required by the refrigerator. Assume a freezer section temperature of \(-20^{\circ}\mathrm{C}\) and kitchen air temperature of \(27^{\circ}\mathrm{C}\).
H 5 . 3 ( Ch 5 ) Consider a household

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