Let M represent a certain mass of coal which we assume will deliver 100 joules of heat when burned – whether in a house, delivered to the radiators or in a power plant, delivered at 1000°C. Assume the plant is ideal (no waste in turbines or generators) discharging its heat at 30°C to a river. How much heat will M, burned at the plant to generate electricity, provide for the house when the electricity is: (a) delivered to residential resistance-heating radiators? (b) delivered to a residential heat pump (again assumed ideal) boosting heat from a reservoir at 0°C into a hot-air system at 30°C?

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Let M represent a certain mass of coal which we assume will deliver 100 joules of heat when burned – whether in a house, delivered to the radiators or in a power plant, delivered at 1000°C. Assume the plant is ideal (no waste in turbines or generators) discharging its heat at 30°C to a river. How much heat will M, burned at the plant to generate electricity, provide for the house when the electricity is:
(a) delivered to residential resistance-heating radiators?
(b) delivered to a residential heat pump (again assumed ideal) boosting heat from a reservoir at 0°C into a hot-air system at 30°C?

 
 
 
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