Ex/ME/T/414/21/09 (S)

BACHELOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FINAL

EXAMINATION, 2009
( 4th Year, 1st Semester, Supplementary )

REFRIGERATION AND AIRCONDITIONING

Time : Three hours Full Marks : 100

Answer any five questions.

All questions carry equal marks. Use of tables & charts permitted.
Assume any missing data consistent with the problem.

Parts of the same question must be answered together.

1. a) Define 1 TR.

b) Sketch an ideal vapour compression cycle on p - h diagram

and name the components.

c) A carnot refrigerator operates between temperatures of

– 40oC & + 40oC. Find the COP. It is desired to make the
COP equal to 3 .5 by changing temperatures. The increase or
decrease in uppe temp. is to equal the decrease or increase in
lower temperature. Find the new temps. 4+6+10=20

2. a) Sketch a Bell-coleman cycle on P-V & T-S planes & derive

its thermal effy.

b) A refrigerator working on Bell-coleman cycle takes air from

the cold chamber at –10oC & compresses it from 1 bar to
6.5 bars with index of compression being 1.2. The
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compressed air is cooled to a temp. of 5oC above ambient b) A six cylinder refrigerant -22 compressor operation at 29
teamp. of 25oC before it is expanded in the expander where RPS has a refrigerating capacity of 96 kW and a power
the index of expansion is 1.35. Determine the COP and the requirement of 28.9 kW at an evaporation temp. of 5oC and
quantity of air circulated per minute for producing 2000 kg a condensing temp. of 50oC. There is 3oC of liquid
of ice/day at 0oC from water at 20oC. 10+10 subscooling and 8oC of a superheating of the suction gas
entering the compressor. The cyclinder bore is 67 mm and
3. a) Draw the schematic layout of a two stage vapour
the piston stroke 57 mm. Calculate (i) the volumetric effy. if
compression refrigeration cycle using flash chamber and
the clearance vol. is 4.8% of the stroke vol. and (ii) the
plot it on a T-s diagram.
compression isentropic effy. 4+16=20
b) A refrigerator uses Refrigerant –134a as the working fluid
6. a) Consider a room that contains air at one atmosphere, 35oC
and operates on an ideal vapour compression cycle between
and 40% relative humidity. Use a skeleton pychrometric
0.14 & 0.8 MPa. If the mass flow of the refrigerant is 0.05
chart and find and mark the :
kg/s, find (i) the rate of heat removed from the refrigerated
(i) sp. humidity (ii) enthalpy, (iii) wb temp. (iv) dp. temp. &
space and power input to the compressor (ii) the rate of heat
(v) the sp. vol. of air.
rejection to the environment and (iii) the COP of the
refrigerator. 8+12=20 b) Sketch an adiabatic saturator. Define Adiabatic saturation
temp. Deduce how sp. humidity is obtained during the
4. a) Find the expression for COP for an ideal vapour absorption
process. 10+10=20
refrigeration system.
7. a) Define (i) Bypass factor (ii) Apparatus Dew point
b) Find the flowrate of refrigerant through the condenser and
b) Sketch and explain a double zone airconditioning system.
evaporator of a standard hi-Br vapour absorption cycle. The
10+10=20
pump delivers 0.6 kg/s and the following temperatures
8. Write notes on any two of the following :
preval: generator, 100oC ; condenser, 40oC ; evaporator,
10oC and absorber, 30oC. 8+12=20 a) Diff. between ideal and actual vapour compression cycle.

b) Disadvantage of Air refrigeration system.

5. a) State the function of the capillary tube in a domestic
refrigeration system. c) Aqua-ammonia absorption refrigeration system. 2510=20