MIT Academy of Engineering

SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

T. Y. B. Tech. Sem-V 2020-21
Mid-Semester Examination
Open-Ended Assignment

Problem statement (15 Marks)

Ammonia is used as a refrigerant in an ordinary vapour-compression refrigeration machine

rated at ‘A’ ton. The temperature inside the chamber is to be maintained at 273 K. Cooling
water is available at 298 K. A 5 K approach is necessary, both in the evaporator and the
condenser. The ammonia vapours leaving the evaporator are adiabatically compressed from
pressure P2 bar to pressure P1 bar. Assume that the refrigerant behaves ideally (γ = 1.4). It has
been observed that the enthalpy (in kJ/kg) of the superheated vapour at P1 bar is four times
that of its temperature (in K). The enthalpy of saturated liquid and vapour at 268 K is 168
kJ/kg and 1300 kJ/kg, respectively. The enthalpy of saturated liquid and vapour at 303 K is
700 kJ/kg and 1327 kJ/kg, respectively. The temperature rise of water in the condenser is 10
K. Specific heat of water is 4.18 kJ/(kg K). Determine the following:

a) Rate of heat removal from refrigeration chamber in kW (2 marks)

b) Temperature of the superheated vapour at P1 bar in K (2 marks)
c) Enthalpy of superheated vapour at P1 bar in kJ/kg (1 mark)
d) Coefficient of performance (2 marks)
e) Power input in hp (2 marks)
f) Rate of heat loss to condenser in kJ/s (2 marks)
g) Refrigerant circulation rate in kmol/h (2 marks)
h) Cooling water rate in kg/s (2 marks)
 A P2 P1
Roll No.
ton bar bar
TCH 01 1 4.00 11.00
TCH 02 2 4.01 11.01
TCH 03 3 4.02 11.02
TCH 04 4 4.03 11.03
TCH 05 5 4.04 11.04
TCH 06 6 4.05 11.05
TCH 07 7 4.06 11.06
TCH 08 8 4.07 11.07
TCH 09 9 4.08 11.08
TCH 10 10 4.09 11.09
TCH 11 11 4.10 11.10
TCH 12 12 4.11 11.11
TCH 13 13 4.12 11.12
TCH 14 14 4.13 11.13
TCH 15 15 4.14 11.14
TCH 16 16 4.15 11.15
TCH 17 17 4.16 11.16
TCH 18 18 4.17 11.17
TCH 19 19 4.18 11.18
TCH 20 20 4.19 11.19
TCH 21 21 4.20 11.20
TCH 22 22 4.21 11.21
TCH 23 23 4.22 11.22
TCH 24 24 4.23 11.23
TCH 25 25 4.24 11.24
TCH 26 26 4.25 11.25
TCH 27 27 4.26 11.26
TCH 28 28 4.27 11.27
TCH 29 29 4.28 11.28
TCH 30 30 4.29 11.29
TCH 31 31 4.30 11.30
TCH 32 32 4.31 11.31
TCH 33 33 4.32 11.32
TCH 34 34 4.33 11.33
TCH 35 35 4.34 11.34
TCH 36 36 4.35 11.35
TCH 37 37 4.36 11.36
TCH 38 38 4.37 11.37
TCH 39 39 4.38 11.38
TCH 40 40 4.39 11.39
TCH 41 41 4.40 11.40
TCH 42 42 4.41 11.41
 A P2 P1
Roll No.
ton bar bar
TCH 43 43 4.42 11.42
TCH 44 44 4.43 11.43
TCH 45 45 4.44 11.44
TCH 46 46 4.45 11.45
TCH 47 47 4.46 11.46
TCH 48 48 4.47 11.47
TCH 49 49 4.48 11.48
TCH 50 50 4.49 11.49
TCH 51 51 4.50 11.50
TCH 52 52 4.51 11.51
TCH 53 53 4.52 11.52
TCH 54 54 4.53 11.53
TCH 55 55 4.54 11.54
TCH 56 56 4.55 11.55
TCH 57 57 4.56 11.56
TCH 58 58 4.57 11.57
TCH 59 59 4.58 11.58
TCH 60 60 4.59 11.59
TCH 61 61 4.60 11.60
TCH 62 62 4.61 11.61
TCH 63 63 4.62 11.62
TCH 64 64 4.63 11.63
TCH 65 65 4.64 11.64
TCH 66 66 4.65 11.65
TCH 67 67 4.66 11.66
TCH 68 68 4.67 11.67
TCH 69 69 4.68 11.68
TCH 70 70 4.69 11.69
TCH 71 71 4.70 11.70
TCH 72 72 4.71 11.71
TCH 73 73 4.72 11.72
TCH 74 74 4.73 11.73
TCH 75 75 4.74 11.74
TCH 76 76 4.75 11.75
TCH 77 77 4.76 11.76
TCH 78 78 4.77 11.77
TCH 79 79 4.78 11.78
TCH 80 80 4.79 11.79