A farmer runs a heat pump with a 2 kW motor. It should keep a chicken hatchery

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A farmer runs a heat pump with a 2 kW motor. It should keep a chicken hatchery at 30oC, which loses energy at a rate of 10 kW to the colder ambient Tamb. What is the minimum coefficient of performance that will be acceptable for the heat pump?
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Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

ISBN: 978-0471152323

6th edition

Authors: Richard E. Sonntag, Claus Borgnakke, Gordon J. Van Wylen

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