Question
Name the processes which involve in the working of refrigerator.
Solution
The various processes which take place in the working of the refrigerator are:
(i) Adiabatic compression of working substance (ideal gas) outside the room of refrigerator.
(ii) Cooling of adiabatically compressed working substance.
(iii) Adiabatic expansion of cooled working substance inside the room of refrigerator.
