6-125 A heat pump designer claims to have an air-source heat pump whose coefficient of performance is 1.8 when heating a building whose interior temperature is 300K and when the atmospheric air surrounding the building is at 260K. Is this claim valid?

6-125 A heat pump designer claims to have an air-source heat pump whose coefficient of performance is 1.8 when heating a building whose interior temperature is 300K and when the atmospheric air surrounding the building is at 260K. Is this claim valid?

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305578296

Author:John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson

Publisher:John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson

Chapter45: Domestic Refrigerators And Freezers

Section: Chapter Questions

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6-125 A heat pump designer claims to have an air-source heat pump whose coefficient of performance
is 1.8 when heating a building whose interior temperature is 300K and when the atmospheric air
surrounding the building is at 260K. Is this claim valid?

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