The electric motor of a heat pump transfers energy as heat from the outdoors, which is at -5.0 C, to a room that is at 17 C. If the heat pump were a Carnot heat pump (a Carnot engine working in reverse), how much energy would be transferred as heat to the room for each joule of electric energy consumed?

The electric motor of a heat pump transfers energy as heat from the outdoors, which is at -5.0 C, to a room that is at 17 C. If the heat pump were a Carnot heat pump (a Carnot engine working in reverse), how much energy would be transferred as heat to the room for each joule of electric energy consumed?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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ISBN:9781133104261

Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Chapter18: Heat Engines, Entropy, And The Second Law Of Thermodynamics

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 23P

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