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The absoption refrigerator as a thermal transformer

Classical Physics 2020-06-25 v3 Physics Education

Abstract

The absorption refrigerator can be considered a thermal transformer, i.e. a device that is analogous to the electric transformer. The analogy is based on a correspondence between the extensive quantities entropy and electric charge and that of the intensive variables temperature and electric potential.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0809.2348,
  title  = {The absoption refrigerator as a thermal transformer},
  author = {Friedrich Herrmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.2348},
  year   = {2020}
}
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