Refrigeration and Air Conditioning – BME-365

Midterm paper: Date: 20 August 2020

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1 The following data refer to single cylinder, single acting compressor of an 10 1 1
Ammonia refrigeration system:
a. Bore = 100mm
b. Stroke = 150mm
c. Speed = 200 rpm
d. Indicated mean effective pressure = 3.2 bar
e. Condenser pressure = 10 bar
f. Evaporator pressure = 3 bar
g. Temperature of water at entry to condenser = 55 °C
h. Temperature of water a exit from Condenser = 20 °C
i. Rate of cooling water flowing in the condenser = 12.5 kg/min
j. Inlet water temperature = 12.5 °C
k. Outlet water temperature = 22.5 °C
If the mass of ice produced per hour from water at 50 °C is 50 kg and
the latent heat of ice is 335 kJ/kg, find
i. COP
ii. Mass flow rate of ammonia per minute
iii. Condition of ammonia entering the compressor
Use the following properties of ammonia:
Pressure, Saturation Enthalpy, kJ/kg Specific heat,
bar Temp. (°C) kJ/kgK
Liquid Vapour Liquid Vapour
12 31 327.9 1469.5 4.6 2. 8
2.0 - 10 135.4 1433 ……………. …………
2 A cold storage working on the reversed Carnot cycle is to be maintained at - 10 4 2
5°C while the surroundings are at 35°C. The heat leakage from the
surrounding into the cold storage is 35kW. The actual COP is one-fourth of
the ideal C.O.P. Determine the power required to drive the plant.
3 A vapour compression refrigerator works under the following conditions as 10 4 2
shown in the table below. The working fluid is just dry at the end of
compression. Plot: 1. the cycle very clearly on P-h and T-S charts; 2.
Determine C.O.P. of the cycle; and 3. Determine capacity of the refrigerator if
the fluid flow is at the rate of 5kg/min.
Pressure Saturation Enthalpy (kJ/kg) Entropy (kJ/kgK)
(bar) temperature (K) Liquid Vapour Liquid Vapour
60 295 151.96 293.29 0.554 1.0332
25 261 56.32 322.58 0.226 1.2464
4 A R-12 refrigerating machine works on vapour compression cycle. The 05 1 1
temperature of refrigerant in the evaporator is - 20°C. The vapour is dry
saturated when it enters the compressor and leaves it in a superheated
condition. The condenser temperature is 30C. Assume Cp of R-12 = 1.884
kJ/kg.
Determine:
a) Condition of vapour at the entrance to the condenser
b) Condition of vapour at the entrance of evaporator
c) Theoretical COP of the machine
 Saturation Enthalpy (kJ/kg) Entropy (kJ/kgK)
temperature Liquid Vapour Liquid Vapour
(°C)
- 20 17.82 178.73 0.0731 0.7087
30 64.59 199.62 0.2400 0.6843
5 In a vapour absorption system, the heat is supplied to the generator by 05 1 1
condensing steam at 3 bar and 85% dry. The temperature in the evaporator
is to be maintained at – 10C. if the cooling water rejects heat at 30°C in the
condenser, find the maximum COP of the system. When the refrigeration
load is 10 tonnes and actual COP is 40% of the maximum COP, find the
mass of steam required per hour.
6 An ammonia vapour compression refrigerator works under the following 10 4 2
conditions as shown in the table below. The vapour is wet at the entry of
compressor and is 95% dry at the end of compression whereas the fluid
leaving the condenser is at 30°C. Assuming actual C.O.P as 60% of the
theoretical, Plot: 1. the cycle very clearly on P-h and T-S charts; 2. Determine
actual and theoretical C.O.P. of the cycle;
Temperature Liquid Latent Liquid Total entropy of
(°C) Heat heat entropy dry saturated
kJ/kg kJ/kg vapour
30 323.08 1145.80 1.2037 4.9842
-10 135.37 1297.68 0.5443 5.4770