A heat pump (working in a thermodynamic cycle mode) is to be used to heat a house during the winter. The house is to be maintained at 294 K at all times. The house is estimated to be losing heat at a rate of 135,000 kJ/h when the outside temperature drops to 268 K. If the heat pump under these conditions has a coefficient of performance of 4, (a) Determine the power required to drive this heat pump (b) Determine the rate at which heat is absorbed from the cold outdoor air Repeat the questions assuming the heat pump works in a reversible mode. You need to calculate the coefficient of performance under these conditions.

Ashielded metal arc-welding operation is accomplished in a work cell by a fitter and a welder. the fitter takes 5.5 min to load components into the welding fixture at the beginning of the work cycle, and 1.5 min to unload the completed weldment at the end of the cycle. the total ength of the weld seams 1200 mm, and the travel speed used by the welder averages 300 mm/min. every 600 mm of seam length, the welding stick must be changed, which takes 0.8 min. while the fitter is working, the welder is idle (resting): and while the welder is working the fitter is idle. (a) determine the average arc-on time as a fraction of the work cycle time. (b) how much improvement in arc-on time would result if the welder used flux-cored arc welding (manually operated), given that the spool of weld wire must be changed every 10 weldments, and it takes the welder 5.0 min to accomplish the change? (c) what are the production rates for these two cases (weldments completed per hour)? attach your work and solutions.