thermal machine operates between 2 tanks at 800ºC and 20ºC; half of the power produced by this machine is used to drive a fully reversible heat pump that absorbs heat from the cold environment at 2ºC and transfers it to a house that is maintained at 22ºC. If the house loses heat at a rate of 62,000 kJ/hr, determine the minimum heat flux that must be supplied to the heat engine in kJ/hr. show step by step a) 11,565.3 kJ/hra. b) 8,406.8 KJ/hra c) 3,158.5 KJ/hra

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A thermal machine operates between 2 tanks at 800ºC and 20ºC; half of the power produced by this machine is used to drive a fully reversible heat pump that absorbs heat from the cold environment at 2ºC and transfers it to a house that is maintained at 22ºC. If the house loses heat at a rate of 62,000 kJ/hr, determine the minimum heat flux that must be supplied to the heat engine in kJ/hr.

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a) 11,565.3 kJ/hra.

b) 8,406.8 KJ/hra

c) 3,158.5 KJ/hra

d) 6,110.9 KJ/hra

d) N.A.

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