Performance optimisation for endoreversible Carnot refrigerator with complex heat transfer law

Abstract

The relationship between cooling load and coefficient of performance (COP) of an endoreversible Carnot refrigerator is derived based on a new generalised heat transfer law, including generalised convective heat transfer law and generalised radiative heat transfer law, q∝(ΔTn)m. The results obtained include those obtained in many publications and can provide some theoretical guidance for the design of real refrigerators.