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A throttling valve is used in the ideal refrigeration cycle because ____________Question 5Select one:a.it is impossible to expand a liquid vapour mixture with a turbineb.the use of a turbine would require more work input to operatec.the use of a turbine improves the cooling power of the cycle, but would substantially increase the cost and complexityd.it provides an increase in entropy which corresponds to an additional heat input from the low temperature reservoir

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A throttling valve is used in the ideal refrigeration cycle because ____________Question 5Select one:a.it is impossible to expand a liquid vapour mixture with a turbineb.the use of a turbine would require more work input to operatec.the use of a turbine improves the cooling power of the cycle, but would substantially increase the cost and complexityd.it provides an increase in entropy which corresponds to an additional heat input from the low temperature reservoir

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a. It is impossible to expand a liquid vapour mixture with a turbine

The reason for this is that a turbine is designed to extract energy from a high-pressure gas, converting it into mechanical work. However, in a refrigeration cycle, the refrigerant is in a liquid-vapour phase during the expansion process. This phase is not suitable for a turbine because the liquid droplets can damage the turbine blades. Therefore,

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