End Semester: MONSOON Session: 2019-20

Examination and Semester: VII Semester B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)

Subject Name: REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (MCC 17101)
Time: 3 hrs Max. Marks: 48
Instructions: Figures in the margin indicate full marks. Answer all the questions. Missing data (if any) may be
suitably assumed. Notations, if any, have their usual meanings. No refrigerant chart/table is allowed in the
examination. If required Psychrometric chart will be provided.

(1) (a) With neat sketch explain the effect of shape of vapour dome of refrigerants on superheat and throttling
4+4
losses. Write the chemical formula of the following refrigerants
(a) R764, (b) R134a, (c) R11, (d) R728
(b) Answer any two of the following questions.
1. An ideal refrigerant should have high critical temperature and low NBP, why? Achieving both
these condition is contradicting, how?
2. What is the importance of liquid and vapour specific heats of a refrigerant?
3. Why should an ideal refrigerant have high latent heat of vaporization and low pressure ratio for
given Te and Tc. Why a trade-off is required between these two properties?
(2) A R502 based, 2-stage refrigeration system with a flash chamber is shown below. As shown, the low and high
temperature evaporators which operate at evaporator temperatures of 38oC and 0oC have refrigeration 8
capacities of 12 kW and 30 kW, respectively. Refrigerant condenses at a temperature of 45oC. The refrigerant
at the exit of evaporators, condenser and flash chamber may be assumed to be saturated. The compression in
low and high stage compressors may be assumed to be reversible and adiabatic. In addition, refrigerant vapour
may be treated as an ideal gas with a molecular weight of 111.6 kg/kmol and an average specific heat of 0.8
kJ/kg.K. The isentropic index of compression (k) may be taken as 1.09. Using the property data given below,
find the COP of the system.
t, oC P, kPa x h, kJ/kg s, kJ/kg

38 141.5 0 2.273 0.008905

38 141.5 1 171.4 0.7281

0 573 0 42.22 0.1648

0 573 1 188.9 0.7017

45 1880 0 96.94 0.3463

45 1880 1 203.5 0.6814

(3) (a) In a H2O-LiBr system, 1 kg/s of water vapour (hv = 2504 kJ/kg) enters the absorber. The water vapour is 4+4
absorbed in the absorber by the strong solution (hss= 154 kJ/kg) coming from the generator. If the
concentration of the strong solution entering the absorber is 0.66 and the concentration of the weak solution
(hws = 146 kJ/kg) leaving the absorber is 0.58, find the heat rejection rate in absorber.
(b) With neat sketch explain the working principle of vapour absorption refrigeration system. Derive the
expression for the COP of an ideal VARS operating between three temperature levels (Tg, Te, Tc=Ta=To).
 (4) (a)An air conditioning building is subjected to sensible heat load of 60 kW and latent heat load of 12kW. The 5
outdoor and indoor conditions are 37oC (DBT); 30% (RH) and 26oC (DBT); 50% (RH), respectively. Air
from the cooling coil is supplied to the building at 12oC (DBT). For ventilation purpose, 10% of supply air (by
mass) is taken as fresh, outdoor air. The apparatus dew point temperature of the coil is 9oC. Find the required
capacity of the cooling coil, and (b) The bypass factor of the coil. (Solve the problem without the help of
psychrometric chart).
(b) Figure shows a vapour compression refrigeration cycle 1-2-2’- 3
3-4 on T-s plot. Taking suitable assumption show that the area A3
= area A2.

(5) (a) Prove that when moist air flows over a wetted surface ( maintained at constant temperature), the exit 4+4
condition lies on the straight line joining the inlet state of air and saturated air at wetted surface temperature on
a psychrometric chart. Assume the specific heat and the convective heat transfer coefficient to be constant, and
value of 1.0 for Lewis number.
(b) What are the advantages of using liquid suction heat exchanger (LSHX) in a VCRS? Show the
thermodynamic cycle with LSHX on T-s and p-h plots, when the effective ness of the heat exchanger is equal
to 1.
(6) An air conditioning building has a sensible cooling load of 60 kW and latent load of 40 kW. The room is 8
maintained at 24oC (DBT) and 50% RH, while the outside design conditions are: 34 oC (DBT) and 40% RH.
To satisfy the ventilation requirement, outdoor air is mixed with recirculated air in the ratio of 1:3 (by mass).
Since the latent load on the building is high, a reheat coil is used along with a cooling and dehumidifying coil.
Air is supplied to the conditioned space at 14oC (DBT). If the bypass factor of the cooling coil is 0.15 and the
barometric pressure is 101.325kPa, find: (a) Mass flow rate of supply air, (b) Required cooling capacity of the
cooling coil and heating capacity of the heating coil. (Get the properties from the psychrometric chart)

Molecular weights: Dry air = 28.966 kg/kmol; and water =18.02 kg/kmol
Specific heat, Cp: Dry air =1.005 kJ/kg.K, Water vapour=1.88 kJ/kg.K
Specific heat of Liquid water=4.18 kJ/kg K
Universal Gas Constant Ru= 8.314 kJ/kmol K
Latent heat of vaporization water=2501kJ/kg K
Barometric pressure, Pt=101 kPa
Humid specific heat Cpm=1.0216
 3985 
Antoine’s equation for saturation pressure of water (Psat): ln( psat )  16.54    , Psat in kPa
 T  39.00 
and T in Kelvin.

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