A furnace, shown in Fig P7.90, can deliver heat, QH1 at TH1 and it is proposed to

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A furnace, shown in Fig P7.90, can deliver heat, QH1 at TH1 and it is proposed to use this to drive a heat engine with a rejection at Tatm instead of direct room heating. The heat engine drives a heat pump that delivers QH2 at Troom using the atmosphere as the cold reservoir. Find the ratio QH2/QH1 as a function of the temperatures. Is this a better set-up than direct room heating from the furnace?
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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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