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How to increase the thermal officiency of an ideal simple rankino cycle? among these methods, which one is the best and why?

An electric kettle is made out of stainless steel, weighs two pounds (when empty) and is equipped with a heating element that consumes 2 kw of electricity. assuming that the water and the kettle are at the same uniform temperature at any moment of time, calculate the shortest possible time to bring 2 quarts of water from room temperature to the onset of boiling

In the winter, in order to keep the classroom steadily at 68 f before 10 pm, heating with an average rate of 42,000 btu/hr is provided. assume the outdoor temperature maintains at 32°f, determine the electrical power (kw) required to (a) operate a reversible heat pump (b) operate a real heat pump with a cop (7) of 4.5 and (c) operate an electrical-resistance heater.