1. A heat pump with a coefficient of performance of 7.30 is used to heat a small house at a rate of 40.0 × 103 Btu/h. What horsepower electric motor is required to drive the heat pump?
2. It is proposed to operate a reversed Carnot cycle to remove 1500. W of thermal energy from a freezer at -14.0°C and to discharge heat to the environment at 20.0°C. Determine
a. The coefficient of performance of the system.
b. The heat transfer rate to the environment.
c. The required input power.