coefficient of performance
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This ratio is called the coefficient of performance, or COP - the higher it is, the better.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2023
What is the best possible coefficient of performance for these temperatures?
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Suppose you want to operate an ideal refrigerator with a cold temperature of −10.0ºC , and you would like it to have a coefficient of performance of 7.00.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
To calculate the heat pump's coefficient of performance, use the equation COPhp = Qh .
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
A.--The purpose of the experiments was to establish a coefficient of performance, which with any given class of vessel would enable the speed, which would be obtained with any given power, to be readily predicted.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.
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