Prove that the Carnot-like vapor-compression cooling cycle {1234} in Figure 13.5(a) has a maximum CoP that equals

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Prove that the Carnot-like vapor-compression cooling cycle {1234} in Figure 13.5(a)

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has a maximum CoP that equals the Carnot limit regardless of the properties of the working fluid. Likewise, prove that the efficiency of the simplest Rankine power cycle {1234} of Figure 13.12(a)

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?equals the Carnot limit.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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