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Chemical Engineering · Q381

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Engineering and GATE · Chemical Engineering · question 381

Q381

Pick out the undesirable property for a good refrigerant.

A.
High thermal conductivity
B.
Low freezing point
C.
Large latent heat of vaporisation
D.
High viscosity
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
High viscosity is obviously an undesirable property of good refrigerant as it increases the losses of energy converts the useful energy in to non-conservative frictional energy.