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A Dynamic Role of Thermodynamics Chemistry in Refrigeration and Air Conditioner Devices

Radhika Gupta

Abstract


Thermodynamics plays a very crucial role in our daily life. Almost all the activities that we do or observe are all based on the principles of thermodynamics. Here, some of the common routine activities of refrigeration and air conditioners are brought into limelight that is explained by the phenomenon of thermodynamics. Thermodynamics is a branch of physics concerned with heat and temperature and their relation to energy and work. It defines macroscopic variables, such as internal energy, entropy, and pressure, which partly describe a body of matter or radiation. It states that the behavior of those variables is subject to general constraints, which are common to all materials, not the peculiar properties of particular materials. These general constraints are expressed in the four laws of thermodynamics. Thermodynamics applies to a wide variety of topics in science and engineering. Keywords: air conditioners, air coolers, freezers, refrigeration, heating and cooling effects

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