A house is heated by an electric heat pump using the outside as the low temperature reservoir.

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A house is heated by an electric heat pump using the outside as the low temperature reservoir. For several different winter outdoor temperatures, estimate the percent savings in electricity if the house is kept at 20C instead of 24C. Assume that the house is losing energy to the outside as described in the previous problem.
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Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

ISBN: 978-0471152323

6th edition

Authors: Richard E. Sonntag, Claus Borgnakke, Gordon J. Van Wylen

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