EJUST Refrigeration and air conditioning (ERE411) Faculty of Eng.

(EECE)
Energy Resources Eng. Dept. Sheet Chapter 7, 9 and 12 4th year ERE
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1- A 10 TR ammonia ice plant has a two-pass shell-and-tube water-cooled condenser. The

water enters at 30°C. The temperature rise of water may be taken as 2.5°C. The refrigerant
condensing temperature is 35°C. The heat rejection ratio of the plant is 1.35. The condenser
has 24 steel tubes of 21 mm OD and 13.65 mm ID. Determine the length of the tubes.

2- A 1.5 ton R 22 air conditioner, operating at 58°C condensing and 5°C evaporating
temperatures, has an air-cooled condenser with 12.7 mm OD and 11.2 mm ID copper tubes.
The air-side surface has fins with the finned surface to bare tube surface area ratio of 12. A
fan blows 30 cmm of air at 44°C with a face velocity of 4.5 m/s. The air-side heat-transfer
coefficient is approximated by

The refrigerant-side heat-transfer coefficient is given by

Determine the finned-surface area of the condenser and the length of the tubing.

3- A direct-expansion chiller provides 20 tons of refrigeration for water entering at 20°C and
flowing at the rate of 250 kg/min. The evaporator is fed through an automatic expansion
valve. The evaporator temperature is 2°C. It is now required to use the same chiller for
cooling 100 kg/min of water at 30°C. Estimate the water outlet temperature. Assume that the
overall heat-transfer coefficient U in the evaporator is given by

Where is the mass flow rate of water, and C is a constant

4- In a 112 TR R 22 flooded chiller, the water inlet temperature is 11.67°C. The mass flow
rate of water to be chilled is 18.93 kg/s. The evaporating temperature of the refrigerant is
2.8°C. The copper tubes used are 1.27 cm OD and 1.12 cm ID. There are two parallel
circuits and eight passes for water. The refrigerant-side heat-transfer coefficient is 340
W/m2.K. Calculate the overall heat-transfer surface area of the chiller.

5- For a simple ammonia-absorption system, the following are given:

Condenser pressure 12.5 bar Evaporator pressure 1.8 bar
Rich solution concentration 0.36 Poor solution concentration 0.25
Find on the basis of 1 ton refrigerating capacity:
(a) The temperature at the end of the evaporator if the vapour is assumed to
be dry saturated.
(b) The mass rate of flow of the refrigerant absorbent mixture in the evaporator.
(c) The mass rate of circulation of the rich and poor solution.
(d) Generator and absorber temperatures.
(e) Heat added in the generator if the rich solution is assumed to be heated
in the heat exchanger to 80°C.
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