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A completely reversible heat pump produces heat at a rate of 300 kW to warm a house maintained at 248C. The exterior air, which is at 78C, serves as the source. Calculate the rate of entropy change of the two reservoirs and determine if this heat pump satisfies the second law according to the increase of entropy principle.

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QUESTION:

A completely reversible heat pump produces heat at a rate of 300 kW to warm a house maintained at 248C. The exterior air, which is at 78C, serves as the source. Calculate the rate of entropy change of the two reservoirs and determine if this heat pump satisfies the second law according to the increase of entropy principle.

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A reversible heat pump with specified reservoir temperatures is considered.

The entropy change of two reservoirs is to be calculated and it is to be determined if this heat pump satisfies the increase in entropy principle.

We assume that  The heat pump operates steadily.

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