Electric Resistance Heating. A house that is losing heat at a rate of 50,000 kJ/h when the outside temperature drops to 4 0C is to be heated by electric resistance heaters. If the house is to be maintained at 25 0C, determine the reversible work input for this process and the irreversibility.

Aheat pump using refrigerant-134a heats a house by using underground water at 8°c as the heat source. the house is losing heat at a rate of 60,000 kj/h. the refrigerant enters the compressor at 280 kpa and 0°c, and it leaves at 1 mpa and 60°c. the refrigerant exits the condenser at 30°c. determine: (a) the power input to the heat pump, (b) the rate of heat absorption from the water, and (c) the increase in electric power input if an electric resistance heater is used instead of a heat pump