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misspop

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Both the refrigerator and the heat pump take in heat and expel it at a higher temperature. Why don't they have the same Coefficient of Performances?
 
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The pressure in a gas is the result of the momentum transfer that occurs when the molecules bounce from the walls of the container.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The COP is what you want divided by what is costs. In a refrigerator you want the absorbed heat but in the heat pump you want the expelled heat. Hence the COPs are different.

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