10.7 Plot each of the quantities in Problem 10.

6 versus evaporator temperature for evaporator

pressures ranging from 0.6 to 4 bar, while the condenser pressure remains fixed at 8 bar.
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IT Code
p1 = 2 // bar
p2 = 8 // bar
p3 = p2
mdot = 7 // kg/min

h1 = hsat_Px("R134A", p1, 1)
s1 = ssat_Px("R134A", p1, 1)
T1 = Tsat_P("R134A", p1)
s2 = s1
h2 = h_Ps("R134A", p2, s2)
h3 = hsat_Px("R134A", p3, 0)
h4 = h3

Wdotc = mdot * (h2 - h1) / (60) // kW

Qdotin = mdot * (h1 - h4) / (211) // tons
beta = (h1 - h4) / (h2 - h1)

IT Results for p1 = 2 bar

h1 = 241.3 kJ/kg
h2 = 269.9 kJ/kg
h3 = 93.42 kJ/kg
h4 = 93.42 kJ/kg

T1 = -10.09 oC
= 3.337 kW
= 4.906 tons
β = 5.169

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Discussion

Evaporator temperature increases as evaporator pressure increases. For reference, the relation
between evaporator temperature and pressure is shown below:

As the evaporator pressure increases at fixed condenser pressure, significantly less work is
required for compression. Further, the refrigerating capacity increases slightly. As a result, the
coefficient of performance increases significantly.
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