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

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A farmer runs a heat pump with a motor of 2 kW. It should keep a chicken hatchery at 30oC which loses energy at a rate of 0.5 kW per degree difference to the colder ambient. The heat pump has a coefficient of performance that is 50% of a Carnot heat pump. What is the minimum ambient temperature for which the heat pump is sufficient?
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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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