Answer:
a)
Explanation:
a) Let consider that heat pump is reversible, so that the Coefficient of Performance is:
The minimum heat received by the house must be equal to the heat lost to keep the average temperature constant. Hence:
The minimum power supplied to the heat pump is:
Answer:
The settlement that is expected is 1.043 meters.
Explanation:
Since the pre-consolidation stress of the layer is equal to the effective stress hence we conclude that the soil is normally consolidated soil
The settlement due to increase in the effective stress of a normally consolidated soil mass is given by the formula
where
'H' is the initial depth of the layer
is the Compression index
is the inital void ratio
is the initial effective stress at the depth
is the change in the effective stress at the given depth
Applying the given values we get