A house is heated by a heat pump driven by an electric motor using the outside as
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A house is heated by a heat pump driven by an electric motor using the outside as the low-temperature reservoir. The house loses energy directly proportional to the temperature difference as Q̇loss = K(TH - TL). Determine the minimum electric power to drive the heat pump as a function of the two temperatures.
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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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