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Q1. You want to keep the indoor temperature of an office at 25oC. The outdoor temperature...

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Q1. You want to keep the indoor temperature ofan office at 25oC. The outdoor temperature is 5oC. The heattransfer through the building’s exterior is 3 x 106 kJ. To achievethe desired indoor temperature, you are exploring three heat pumpsoperating between the office interior and: (i) the ground at 12oC;(ii) a pond at 10oC; and (iii) the air outside at 5oC.

For each case, what is the minimum theoretical net work input(in kJ) any heat pump would require?

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