Does refrigerator operation disprove the second law of thermodynamics?
October 29, 2020 | Education
| The refrigerator works in full accordance with the second law of thermodynamics. The refrigerator and room air do not form a closed system. The refrigerator is connected to the electrical network, and its electric motor works. Consequently, the transfer of heat from a cold body to a hot one is not the only result of the operation of the refrigerator, since due to the operation of the electric motor, this process is accompanied by the conversion of electric current energy into internal energy.
