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1. There are removed 3.06 m3/s of vapor from the water evaporator of a vacuum
refrigeration system; the warm water enters the evaporator at 18 C and chilled
water leaves at 10 C; make-up water enters at 29 C. Determine the refrigerating
capacity.

Solution:

Solving for Z

At 3, t3  10 C ,
v3  vg  106.38 m3 kg
h3  hg  2477.7 kJ kg

V3 3.06
Z   0.0288 kg s
v3 106.38

at 4, t4  29 C
h4  h f  121.6 kJ kg

Energy balance of the system, neglect pumpwork,

Q A  Z  h3  h4   0.0288 2477.7  121.6   67.68 kW

2. In a steam jet refrigeration system, the evaporator is maintained at 6 C. The

chilled water leaves at the same temperature and warms to 11 C as it absorbs the
load. Make-up water is available at 25 C. For a capacity of 50 tons, determine (a)
the quantity of chilled water required, and (b) the volume of vapor removed.

Solution:
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(a) Solving for quantity of chilled water = m

 .

For chilled water,

h1  h f at 6 C  25.19 kJ kg
For warm water,
h2  h f at 11 C  46.21 kJ kg

  h 2  h1 
Q A  m
 50 3.516  m  46.21  25.19

  8.363 kg s
m

(b) Solving for the volume of vapor removed = V3

For the vapor,

h3  hg at 6 C  2512.4 kJ kg
v3  vg at 6 C  139 m3 kg

For make-up water

h4  h f at 25 C  104.9 kJ kg

For Z , neglecting pump work.

Z  h 3  h4   Q

A

Z  2512.4  104.9    50  3.516 

Z  0.073 kg s
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V3  Zv3   0.073139  10.15 m3 s