Question: A Carnot heat pump is a reverse Carnot heat engine, that absorbs heat from a cold thermal reservoir and transfers it to a warmer

A Carnot heat pump is a reverse Carnot heat engine, that absorbs

A Carnot heat pump is a reverse Carnot heat engine, that absorbs heat from a cold thermal reservoir and transfers it to a warmer thermal reservoir. A pensioner would like to instal a heat pump, receiving heat from the outside air in winter and supplying heat to a house. The outside air temperature is 3 C and the house loses heat to the atmosphere at the rate of 5,000 kJ/h per C difference between the indoors and outdoors.

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