Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305578296
Author: John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 44, Problem 6RQ
True or False: Domestic hot water can be heated with a geothermal heat pump system.
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1. An air-source heat pump is a heat-pump system that uses air:
a. as the system refrigerant.
b. as the heat source when operating in the cooling mode.
c. as the heat sink when operating in the heating mode.
d. as the heat source when operating in the heating mode.
2. According to the Department of Energy, duct leakage can result in a energy loss?
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 40%
3. As the outside ambient temperature drops, the efficiency of a heat-pump system operating in the mode will:
a. heating, drop
b. heating, rise
c. cooling, rise
d. Both a and c are correct.
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Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 44 - Geothermal heat pumps, or water-source heat pumps,...Ch. 44 - An important factor (or factors) involving water...Ch. 44 - Explain the ground loop or water loop of a...Ch. 44 - Explain the refrigerant loop of a closed-loop,...Ch. 44 - The__________loop is used to distribute heated or...Ch. 44 - True or False: Domestic hot water can be heated...Ch. 44 - Prob. 7RQCh. 44 - Antifreeze solutions that can be used in the...Ch. 44 - What is the main difference between a copper and a...Ch. 44 - A(n) ______well draws water from the top of...
Ch. 44 - Which of the following is a process in which a...Ch. 44 - The function of the pressure tank in an open-loop,...Ch. 44 - If 14 gpm of water is flowing through an open-loop...Ch. 44 - Explain the operation/purpose of the buffer tank...Ch. 44 - How will oversizing the buffer tank on a...Ch. 44 - Explain why a waterless, earth-coupled,...Ch. 44 - Explain how refrigerant and oil leakage are found...Ch. 44 - What kind of material is used in the waterless...
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