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Assuming I've interpreted your question correctly, the answer is No: A refrigerator is a heat exchanger; it removes heat from the inside and pumps it to the outside -- to plates on the rear of the fridge. If you feel the back of a refrigerator, it will be warm. You may think that if you separated the plates from the "cooling" part of the fridge and put them outside the room, it would cool the room. And in that case, you'd be correct -- that's how air conditioning works.

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Is it possible to cool down a room on a heat summer day by leaving the refrigerator door open?

No, leaving the refrigerator door open will not effectively cool down a room. The small amount of cold air that escapes from the fridge will not be enough to counteract the heat in the room. It will actually end up making your refrigerator work harder and use more energy to maintain its temperature.


Why a room can be warmed by leaving open the door of an oven but cannot be cooled by leaving open the door of a kitchen refrigerator?

Leaving the oven door open allows heat to escape into the room, warming it up. On the other hand, leaving the refrigerator door open lets the warm air from the room enter the refrigerator, making it work harder to cool and not affecting the room temperature significantly.


Can a room be cooled by leaving the door of refrigerator open?

No, leaving the door of a refrigerator open will not cool a room, but will actually make the room hotter. A refrigerator cools its own interior by pumping heat to the heat exchange coils in the back (some models do not have exposed heat exchange coils, but the sides or back of the refrigerator have coils just underneath them, and they get hot). Those heat exchange coils pump heat into the room. Since the process is not 100% efficient, the amount of heat produced includes a certain amount of waste heat. As a result, pumping heat from one part of the room to another part of the room results in a net increase in heat.


Would opening the refrigerator cool a room in a house?

If you opened the refrigerator door a person can cool themselves off. It would not be energy efficient though to try to cool an entire room or house through use of a refrigerator. A refrigerator would not be capable of cooling that large of an area.


Why you can't cool your apartment by leaving the refrigerator door open?

Because, refrigerators do not produce cold. The system is like that of an air-conditioner. The freon in the cooling lines absorbs the heat and is then pumped to the back of the refrigerator where the heat dissipates into the surrounding air and the freon is pumped back into the refrigerator to repeat the task again. So, any heat removed from the air would just be released into the air on the other side of the fridge. that is why the heat dissipation side of air conditioners is outside. P.S. Cold can not be generated cold is the absence of heat. Hence the existence of absolute zero. To cool you transfer heat from one place to another.

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Is it possible to cool down a room on a heat summer day by leaving the refrigerator door open?

No, leaving the refrigerator door open will not effectively cool down a room. The small amount of cold air that escapes from the fridge will not be enough to counteract the heat in the room. It will actually end up making your refrigerator work harder and use more energy to maintain its temperature.


Describe the process that occurs in a refrigerator?

what happens is that all the heat is taken out of the refrigerator, leaving it cool on the inside and warm on the outside.


Is it possible to cool down a room on a hot summer day by leaving the doors open?

Assuming I've interpreted your question correctly, the answer is No: A refrigerator is a heat exchanger; it removes heat from the inside and pumps it to the outside -- to plates on the rear of the fridge. If you feel the back of a refrigerator, it will be warm. You may think that if you separated the plates from the "cooling" part of the fridge and put them outside the room, it would cool the room. And in that case, you'd be correct -- that's how air conditioning works.


Why a room can be warmed by leaving open the door of an oven but cannot be cooled by leaving open the door of a kitchen refrigerator?

Leaving the oven door open allows heat to escape into the room, warming it up. On the other hand, leaving the refrigerator door open lets the warm air from the room enter the refrigerator, making it work harder to cool and not affecting the room temperature significantly.


Can a room be cooled by leaving the door of refrigerator open?

No, leaving the door of a refrigerator open will not cool a room, but will actually make the room hotter. A refrigerator cools its own interior by pumping heat to the heat exchange coils in the back (some models do not have exposed heat exchange coils, but the sides or back of the refrigerator have coils just underneath them, and they get hot). Those heat exchange coils pump heat into the room. Since the process is not 100% efficient, the amount of heat produced includes a certain amount of waste heat. As a result, pumping heat from one part of the room to another part of the room results in a net increase in heat.


Would opening the refrigerator cool a room in a house?

If you opened the refrigerator door a person can cool themselves off. It would not be energy efficient though to try to cool an entire room or house through use of a refrigerator. A refrigerator would not be capable of cooling that large of an area.


Long form for refrigerator?

Refrigerator. I answered my own question! cool.


Why when you open a refrigerator will you feel a cool sensation on your legs?

You feel a cool sensation because the refrigerator is full of cold air.


Why does a refrigerator not cool then begin to cool again?

It has lots of frost on it


Where should you cool food?

In the refrigerator.


Is it possible to cool a room by keeping the door of refrigerator open?

No. Not only would it not work, but the food inside would get ruined. Bad idea.


Is summer cool?

yes summer is so wicked cool