J. C.

Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad

B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering

PCC-ME-307 REFRIGERATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING

B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering) V Semester

No. of Credits: 3 Sessional: 25 Marks

L T P Total Theory: 75 Marks
3 0 0 3 Total : 100 Marks
Duration of Exam: 3 Hours
Pre- Requisite: Thermodynamics
Successive: Air Conditioning Equipments
Course Objectives:
To familiarize with refrigeration systems and airConditioning.
Course Outcomes (COs): At the end of the course, the student shall be able to:
CO 1- Understand the air refrigeration, vapour compression refrigeration, vapour
absorption, steam jet refrigeration systems and different type of refrigerants.
CO 2- Expedite the working of single stage, multistage and cascade refrigeration.
CO 3-Have knowledge of psychrometry and different psychrometric processes.
Understand and evaluate cooling and heating load and design of HVAC system.
CO 4- Develop and design RAC systems and evaluate different expansion and
control devices.

Course Contents:

Unit 1: Classification of refrigeration systems

Advanced vapour compression cycles, Refrigerants and their mixtures: properties and
characteristics - Ozone depletion and global warming issues –

Unit 2: System components

Compressors, Condensers, Expansion devices and Evaporators -Performance matching of
components of refrigeration systems,Advanced absorption refrigeration systems and their
components.

Unit 3: Review of Psychrometry and Air-conditioning processes

Comfort air conditioning andCooling load calculations - Applications of AC systems –

Unit 4: Concept of enthalpy potential

Airwashers, Cooling towers, Evaporative condensers, Cooling and dehumidifying coils.

Text Books:
1. Gosney, W.B, Principles of Refrigeration, Cambridge University Press, 1982.
2. Stoecker, W.F. and Jones, J.W., Refrigeration and Air conditioning, Tata McGraw Hill,
1986.
3. Arora, C.P., Refrigeration and Air conditioning, Tata McGraw Hill, 2nd Edition, 2000.
4. Kuehn, T.H., Ramsey, J.W. and Threlkeld, J.L., Thermal Environmental Engineering, 3rd