Chapter 6.11, Problem 50P

When a man returns to his well-sealed house on a summer day, he finds that the house is at 35°C. He turns on the air conditioner, which cools the entire house to 20°C in 30 min. If the COP of the air-conditioning system is 2.8, determine the power drawn by the air conditioner. Assume the entire mass within the house is equivalent to 800 kg of air for which cV = 0.72 kJ/kg·°C and c_p = 1.0 kJ/kg·°C.

FIGURE P6–50