1. An air conditioning unit discharges 5.1 kW of heat to a room at 35°C consuming 1.5 kW of electrical power. (a) Calculate the heat removal rate of the room to be cooled, (b) Calculate the COP of the unit, (c) Calculate the enttopy generation rate of the process, if the room temperature is 23 °C.

1. An air conditioning unit discharges 5.1 kW of heat to a room at 35°C consuming 1.5 kW of electrical power. (a) Calculate the heat removal rate of the room to be cooled, (b) Calculate the COP of the unit, (c) Calculate the enttopy generation rate of the process, if the room temperature is 23 °C.

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Author:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

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Chapter15: Thermodynamics

Section: Chapter Questions

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