In a thermally insulated kitchen, a refrigerator with 2 kW motor for running the compressor provides 6000 kJ of cooling to the refrigerated space during 30 min operation. If the condenser coil placed behind the refrigerator rejects 8000 kJ of heat to the kitchen during the same period, calculate the change in internal energy of the kitchen.

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Work and Heat Transfer topics include: Work transfer, conduction & radiation, heat transfer and other types of work transfer. In thermodynamics, work and heat are two fundamental concepts used to analyze energy transfer.  Heat and work are two different ways of transferring energy between systems. Heat is associated with the random motion of particles, while work is associated with ordered motion in one direction.  The first law of thermodynamics can be used to analyze the relationship between work and heat. The formula for internal energy is:  ΔU = Q + W  Where: ΔU: is the internal... Show more

In a thermally insulated kitchen, a refrigerator with 2 kW motor for running the compressor provides 6000 kJ of cooling to the refrigerated space during 30 min operation. If the condenser coil placed behind the refrigerator rejects 8000 kJ of heat to the kitchen during the same period, calculate the change in internal energy of the kitchen.