A heat pump delivers of heat to a room for every of mechanical work supplied to it.

PHYSICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Physics · Thermodynamics · Thermodynamics

Problem

A heat pump delivers 15 kJ15\,\text{kJ} of heat to a room for every 4 kJ4\,\text{kJ} of mechanical work supplied to it. (i) Calculate the coefficient of performance of the device in the heat-pump mode. (ii) Determine the coefficient of performance if the same device is used as a refrigerator operating between the same two reservoirs.

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