A heat pump is used to maintain a house at T,°C_by House extracting heat from the outside air on a day when the outside air temperature is T2°C. The house is estimated to lose heat at a rate of Q kJ/h, and the heat pump consumes 5 kW of electric power when running. Is this heat pump powerful enough to do the job? T1=48 , T2 = 23, Q = 290000 T1°C 5 kW НР

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A heat pump is used to maintain a house at T1°C by extracting heat from the outside air on a day when the outside air temperature is T2°C. The house is estimated to lose heat at a rate of Q kJ/h, and the heat pump consumes 5 kW of electric power when running. Is this heat pump powerful enough to do
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A heat pump is used to maintain a house at T1°C by
House
extracting heat from the outside air on a day when the outside
air temperature is T2°C. The house is estimated to lose heat at
a rate of Q kJ/h, and the heat pump consumes 5 kW of electric
power when running. Is this heat pump powerful enough to do
the job? T1=48 , T2 = 23, Q = 290000
T1°C
5 kw
HP
Outdoors
T2°C
Transcribed Image Text:A heat pump is used to maintain a house at T1°C by House extracting heat from the outside air on a day when the outside air temperature is T2°C. The house is estimated to lose heat at a rate of Q kJ/h, and the heat pump consumes 5 kW of electric power when running. Is this heat pump powerful enough to do the job? T1=48 , T2 = 23, Q = 290000 T1°C 5 kw HP Outdoors T2°C
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