This web page is an interactive physics simulation on the cycles a refrigerator goes through. The user can see that this cycle requires work to move heat, as compared to an engine moving heat to do work.
This is part of a collection of similar simulation-based student activities.
Please note that this resource requires
Java Applet Plug-in.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=7036">Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: P-V Diagram for a Refrigerator. March 28, 2008.</a>
A. Duffy, Boston University Physics Applets: P-V Diagram for a Refrigerator (2002), <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c28_cooling_PVdiagram.html>.
Duffy, A. (2008, March 28). Boston University Physics Applets: P-V Diagram for a Refrigerator. Retrieved October 3, 2023, from http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c28_cooling_PVdiagram.html
Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: P-V Diagram for a Refrigerator. March 28, 2008. http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c28_cooling_PVdiagram.html (accessed 3 October 2023).
Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: P-V Diagram for a Refrigerator. 2002. 28 Mar. 2008. 3 Oct. 2023 <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c28_cooling_PVdiagram.html>.
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