Aire acondicionado y refrigeración

Agosto-Diciembre 2020
Instructor: Dr. Julio César Moreno Blanco (jc.morenoblanco@ugto.mx)
Universidad de Guanajuato
Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica
Tarea #1

Fecha de entrega: 08 de Octubre de 2020

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1.- Consider an ideal refrigeration cycle that has a 6.- A split evaporator is used to cool the refrigerator
condenser temperature of 45 °C and an evaporator section and separate cooling of the freezer section, as
temperature of −15 °C. Determine the COP of this shown in Figure. Assume constant pressure in the two
refrigerator for the working fluids R-134a and R-410a. evaporators. How does the COP = (QL1 + QL2)/W
compare to that of a refrigerator with a single evaporator
2.- A window-mounted air conditioner supplies 19 at the lowest temperature?
m3/min of air at 15 °C, 1 bar to a room. Air returns from
the room to the evaporator of the unit at 22 °C. The air
conditioner operates at steady state on a vapor-
compression refrigeration cycle with Refrigerant-22
entering the compressor at 4 bar, 10 °C. Saturated liquid
refrigerant at 9 bar leaves the condenser. The compressor
has an isentropic efficiency of 70%, and refrigerant exits
the compressor at 9 bar. Determine the compressor power,
in kW, the refrigeration capacity, in tons, and the
coefficient of performance.

3.- An air conditioner in the airport of Timbuktu runs a

cooling system using R-410a with a high pressure of 1500
kPa and a low pressure of 200 kPa. It should cool the
desert air at 45 °C down to 15 °C. Find the cycle COP.
Will the system work?
7.- A refrigerator using R-410a is powered by a small
4.- A refrigerator using R-134a is located in a 20 °C room. natural gas–fired heat engine with a thermal efficiency of
Consider the cycle to be ideal, except that the compressor 25%, as shown in Figure. The R-410a condenses at 40 °C,
is neither adiabatic nor reversible. Saturated vapor at −20 it evaporates at −20 °C, and the cycle is standard. Find the
°C enters the compressor, and the R-134a exits the two specific heat transfers in the refrigeration cycle. What
compressor at 50 °C. The condenser temperature is 40 °C. is the overall COP as QL/Q1?
The mass flowrate of refrigerant around the cycle is 0.2
kg/s, and the COP is measured and found to be 2.3. Find
the power input to the compressor and the rate of entropy
generation in the compressor process.

5.- In an actual refrigeration cycle using R-134a as the

working fluid, the refrigerant flow rate is 0.05 kg/s. Vapor
enters the compressor at 150 kPa and −10 °C and leaves
at 1.2MPa and 75 °C. The power input to the non-
adiabatic compressor is measured and found to be 2.4 kW.
The refrigerant enters the expansion valve at 1.15 MPa
and 40 °C and leaves the evaporator at 175 kPa and −15 8.- Consider a two-stage cascade refrigeration system
°C. Determine the entropy generation in the compression operating between the pressure limits of 1.2 MPa and 200
process, the refrigeration capacity, and the COP for this kPa with refrigerant-134a as the working fluid. The
cycle. refrigerant leaves the condenser as a saturated liquid and
is throttled to a flash chamber operating at 0.45 MPa. Part
of the refrigerant evaporates during this flashing process,
and this vapor is mixed with the refrigerant leaving the refrigerant at the compressor exit, (b) the rate of heat
low-pressure compressor. The mixture is then generation by the people in the room, (c) the COP of the
compressed to the condenser pressure by the high- air conditioner, and (d) the minimum volume flow rate of
pressure compressor. The liquid in the flash chamber is the refrigerant at the compressor inlet for the same
throttled to the evaporator pressure and cools the compressor inlet and exit conditions.
refrigerated space as it vaporizes in the evaporator. The
mass flow rate of the refrigerant through the low-pressure
compressor is 0.15 kg/s. Assuming the refrigerant leaves
the evaporator as a saturated vapor and the isentropic
efficiency is 80 percent for both compressors, determine
(a) the mass flow rate of the refrigerant through the high-
pressure compressor, (b) the rate of heat removal from the
refrigerated space, and (c) the COP of this refrigerator.
Also, determine (d) the rate of heat removal and the COP
if this refrigerator operated on a single-stage cycle
between the same pressure limits with the same
compressor efficiency and the same flow rate as in part
(a).

9.- An air conditioner with refrigerant-134a as the

working fluid is used to keep a room at 26°C by rejecting
the waste heat to the outside air at 34°C. The room is
gaining heat through the walls and the windows at a rate
of 250 kJ/min while the heat generated by the computer,
TV, and lights amounts to 900 W. An unknown amount
of heat is also generated by the people in the room. The
condenser and evaporator pressures are 1200 and 500 kPa,
respectively. The refrigerant is saturated liquid at the
condenser exit and saturated vapor at the compressor
inlet. If the refrigerant enters the compressor at a rate of
100 L/min and the isentropic efficiency of the compressor
is 75 percent, determine (a) the temperature of the