A house is heated by an electric heat pump using the outside as the low-temperature reservoir. For

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A house is heated by an electric heat pump using the outside as the low-temperature reservoir. For several different winter outdoor temperatures, estimate the percent savings in electricity if the house is kept at 68 F instead of 75 F. Assume that the house is losing energy to the outside directly proportional to the temperature difference as Q.loss = K (TH - TL)
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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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