In a continuously operating refrigeration cycle, which outcome results following seal degradation leading gas leakage?

💡 Explanation

Seal degradation leads to refrigerant leakage, which reduces the mass flow rate during the refrigeration cycle; because reduced mass flow leads to less heat absorption in the evaporation phase, therefore, the work required to achieve the same cooling increases, rather than maintaining the same performance.

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