A farmer runs a heat pump using 2.5 hp of power input. It keeps a chicken hatchery

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A farmer runs a heat pump using 2.5 hp of power input. It keeps a chicken hatchery at a constant 86 F while the room loses 20 Btu/s to the colder outside ambient air at 50 F. What is the rate of entropy generated in the heat pump? What is the rate of entropy generated in the heat loss process?

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Fundamentals Of Thermodynamics

ISBN: 9781118131992

8th Edition

Authors: Claus Borgnakke, Richard E. Sonntag

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