Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259822674
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., Michael A. Boles
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6.11, Problem 166FEP
A heat pump cycle is executed with R–134a under the saturation dome between the pressure limits of 1.2 and 0.16 MPa. The maximum coefficient of performance of this heat pump is
- (a) 5.7
- (b) 5.2
- (c) 4.8
- (d) 4.5
- (e) 4.1
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