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Kelsie Sawayn

Feb 20, 2025

A heat pump is used to keep a house warm at 22 degrees?

a.) How much work is required of the pump to deliver 2500J of heat into the house if the outdoor temperature is 0 degrees. Assume an ideal (Carnot) coefficient of performance COP= T_H/(T_H-T_L). b.) How much work is required of the pump to deliver 2500J of heat into the house if the outdoor temperature is -15 degrees. Assume an ideal (Carnot) coefficient of performance COP= T_H/(T_H-T_L).
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Hermina Ferry

Feb 20, 2025

For both cases, Work = Energy / COP. You stated the formula for COP that you can calculate, so why can not you do it? Perhaps, I can see your problem now, in not converting to the temperatures to Kelvin before hand. Add 273 to each temperature reading.... Show More
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Hermina Ferry

Feb 20, 2025

The heating load is the heat to be rejected into the house being heater, QR.The Heat Pump Heater COP, is defined by :COP = QR / WHPwhere WHP is the required Heat Pump Heater work. For a Carnot Heat Pump Heater, you have :COP = ( TH ) / ( TH - TL )For part a you have :QR = 2500 JCOP = ( TH ) / ( TH - TL ) = ( 295.2 K ) / ( 295.2 K - 273.2 K ) = 13.42 COP UnitsWHP = QR / COP = 2500 J / 13.42 = 186 J <---------[ a ]-----------------For Part b, you have :COP = ( TH ) / (TH - TL ) = ( 295.2 K ) / ( 295.2 K - 258.2 K ) = 7.978 COP UnitsWHP = QR / COP = ( 2500 J ) / ( 7.978 COP units ) = 313 J <------[ b ]-------... Show More
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