PERFORMANCE

TEST
OF

MINI ICE
PLANT
PREPARED BY GROUP 2
 INTRODUCTION
DESIGNED TO PRODUCE BOTH CRYSTAL TUBE ICE TO
MEET REQUIRMENTS OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENT FOR
HIGH QUALITY BEVERAGE, COOLING ICE AND ICE
FOOD PRODUCTS SUCH AS ICE BUKO, ICE CANDY, AND
HALO-HALO.
HISTORY
and
BACKGROUND
Frederie Tudor

American Businessman and

merchant known as the
boston “Ice King”.
William Cullen (1748)
he demonstrated the
first known artificial
refrigeration.
Oliver Evans
American inventor who
designed the first
refrigeration machine
in 1805
Jacob Perkins
Father of the refrigerator
Dr. John Gorrie
patents a machine that
uses air which is blown
over ice to cool hospital
rooms
Alexander Twinning
developed the first
commercial refrigeration
system in 1856
James Harrison
patents a refrigeration
machine capable of
producing 3000kg of
ice per day in 1855.
Ferdinand Philippe
Edouard Carré 
best known as the inventor
of refrigeration equipment
used to produce ice.
COMPONENTS
COMPRESSOR
- heart of the system, increase the pressure, and corresponding
saturation temperature (boiling point) of the refrigerant

CONDENSER
- change the hot gas being discharged from the compressor to a
liquid prepared for use in the evaporator

EXPANSION VALVE
- reduces the pressure and temperature of refrigerant to produce
the cooling effect in the evaporator

EVAPORATOR
- absorbs heat from the surrounding location or medium
OPERATIONS
- The ice making process is quite similar to the
one we observe in a domestic refrigerator.

3 main circuits of working medium in ice plant

- Refrigeration circuit
- Cooling water circuit

- Brine circuit
IMPORTANCE OF TEST
SAFETY
Computation of COP
• SELECTING REFRIGERANT
• POWER
• PH CHART
*EVAPORATOR
*COMPRESSOR
*CONDENSER
*EXPANSION VALVE
• PLANT MODEL
CAPACITY
TEST PROCEDURE
1. Put the machine in the proper position where its
level is horizontal and it is well ventilated. The
machine must have at least 1.5 meters clearances
from all sides.
2. Give 230 volts, 50Hz, and 1 phase supply to the
unit.
3. Fill tank with brine solution of propylene glycol with
approx. 20% and mix it thoroughly with water in tank
(supplied).
4. Start the compressor by putting the switch ON.
5. Check suction and discharge pressures, check the
energy-meter reading.
6. Allow the unit to run until the temperature of the
brine reaches -4 to -5 C.
7. Record all data time for every change in value as
appropriate and the corresponding pressure reading.
8. Using the available table for R134a, take the corres
ponding enthalpy for every increase in pressure. Inter
polate as possible.
9. Calculate the coefficient of performance (COP).
10. Make a graph between the time and COP.
11. Compute the data needed by the tables.
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YOU