A farmer runs a heat pump with a 2 kW motor. It should keep a chicken hatchery at 30°C, which loses energy at a rate of 10 kW to the colder ambient Tamb. What is the minimum coefficient of performance that will be acceptable for the heat pump? QL HP W = 2 kW QH cb Qleak

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A farmer runs a heat pump with a 2 kW motor. It should keep a chicken hatchery
at 30°C, which loses energy at a rate of 10 kW to the colder ambient Tamb. What
is the minimum coefficient of performance that will be acceptable for the heat
pump?
QL
HP
W = 2 kW
QH
cb
Qleak
Transcribed Image Text:A farmer runs a heat pump with a 2 kW motor. It should keep a chicken hatchery at 30°C, which loses energy at a rate of 10 kW to the colder ambient Tamb. What is the minimum coefficient of performance that will be acceptable for the heat pump? QL HP W = 2 kW QH cb Qleak
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