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This paper addresses this issue by proposing a general model for study and optimization of thermal machines with two heat reservoirs applied to a Carnot-like refrigerator, with non-linear heat transfer laws and internal and external irreversibility. The optimization was performed using First and Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Lagrange multipliers method. Thus, several constraints were imposed to the system, also different objective functions were considered, allowing finding the optimum operating conditions, as well as the limited variation ranges of the system parameters. Results show that the nature of the heat transfer laws affects the optimum values of system parameters for obtaining maximum performances and also their magnitude. Sensitivity studies with respect to system several parameters are presented. The results contribute to the understanding of the system limits in operation under different constraints and allow choosing the most convenient variables in given circumstances.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e20120953","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,12,12]],"date-time":"2018-12-12T03:27:49Z","timestamp":1544585269000},"page":"953","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Optimization and Entropy Production: Application to Carnot-Like Refrigeration Machines"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9393-8131","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Camelia","family":"Stanciu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Engineering Thermodynamics, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michel","family":"Feidt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LEMTA, URA CNRS 7563, University of Lorraine, 54518 Vandoeuvre-l\u00e8s-Nancy, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Monica","family":"Costea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Engineering Thermodynamics, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7711-2006","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dorin","family":"Stanciu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Engineering Thermodynamics, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,12,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"409","article-title":"The efficiency of atomic power stations","volume":"3","author":"Novikov","year":"1957","journal-title":"Atommaya Energiya"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"Chambadal, P. 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