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This optimization could be split in two parts, namely, (1) the design optimization, leading to an optimal dimensioning to fulfill the specific demand (static or nominal steady state optimization); and (2) the dynamic optimization, where the demand fluctuates, and the system must be continuously adapted. Thus, the variability of the system load (with or without storage) implies its careful control-command. The topic of this paper is concerned with part (1) and proposes a novel and more complete modeling of an irreversible Carnot refrigerator that involves the coupling between sink (source) and machine through a heat transfer constraint. Moreover, it induces the choice of a reference heat transfer entropy, which is the heat transfer entropy at the source of a Carnot irreversible refrigerator. The thermodynamic optimization of the refrigerator provides new results regarding the optimal allocation of heat transfer conductances and minimum energy consumption with associated coefficient of performance (COP) when various forms of entropy production owing to internal irreversibility are considered. The reported results and their consequences represent a new fundamental step forward regarding the performance upper bound of Carnot irreversible refrigerator.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e22090913","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,20]],"date-time":"2020-08-20T21:13:42Z","timestamp":1597958022000},"page":"913","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Effect of Machine Entropy Production on the Optimal Performance of a Refrigerator"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Michel","family":"Feidt","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"LEMTA, URA CNRS 7563, University of Lorraine, 2, avenue de la For\u00eat de Haye, 54518 Vandoeuvre-l\u00e8s-Nancy, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0954-7286","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Monica","family":"Costea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Engineering Thermodynamics, Engines, Thermal and Refrigerating Equipment, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1327","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijrefrig.2010.07.016","article-title":"Thermodynamics applied to reverse cycle machines, a review","volume":"33","author":"Feidt","year":"2010","journal-title":"Int. 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