Module 7: Activity No.

Power and Industrial Plant Engineering Part 2

Name: Gamboa, Ariel C.

Student No. 20151157958

Problem No. 1:

Determine the power per kW of refrigeration if COP is 4.2786.

a. 0.3372 b. 0.2337 c. 0.7332 d. 0.3732

Solution:
3.5167 kW
1 TOR ×
QA TOR
COPc = =
W net W net
1TOR
4.2786=
W net
TOR
W net =0.2337
kW

Problem No. 2:

A refrigerator is maintained at 5 deg C. Heat is removed from the stored food at a rate
of 5.5 kJ/s. What is the COP if the necessary power input to the refrigerator is 180
kJ/min?
a. 0.67 b. 1.57 c. 1.83 d. none of these

Solution:
kJ
5.5
Q s
COP= =
Wnet kJ min
18 ×
min 60 s

COP=1.833
Problem No. 3:

A double pass condenser with a mass flow rate of 1,000,000 kg/hr has a leaving flow
velocity of 1.5 m/s. The cross- sectional area of the condenser tube is 0.0003 sq. m.
Calculate the number of tubes.
a. 1235 b. 2153 c. 1532 d. 2315

Solution:

kg hr kg
m=1,000,000 × =277.78
hr 3600 s s
kg
277.78
m s m3
Q= = =0.27778
ρ kg s
1000 3
m

2 Q=[ ( A ) (v)((n))]

m3 m
(
2 0.27778
s )[ (
= ( 0.0003 m2 ) 1.5
s )
(n)
]
m3
n=
(
2 0.27778
s )
( 0.0003 m2 ) 1.5 m
( )
s

n=1234.6 ≈ 1235