IPS Academy, Indore

Institute of Engineering & Science

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Subject :-Refrigeration & Air Conditioning (ME 8002)

Date:- Assaingment-1 Submission Date:-

1. Carnot refrigeration cycle absorbs heat at 270 K and rejects heat at 300 K. (a) Calculate the
coefficient of performance of this refrigeration cycle. (b) If the cycle is absorbing 1130 kJ/min
at 270 K, how many kJ of work is required per second. (c) If the Carnot heat pump operates
between the same temperatures as the above refrigeration cycle, what is the coefficient of
performance? (d) How many kJ/min will the heat pump deliver at 300 K if it absorbs 1130
kJ/min at 270 K.

2. The capacity of a refrigerator is 200 TR when working between – 6°C and 25oC. Determine the
mass of ice produced per day from water at 25°C. Also find the power required to drive the unit.
Assume that the cycle operates on reversed Carnot cycle and latent heat of ice is 335kJ/kg.

3. Five hundred kgs of fruits are supplied to a cold storage at 20oC. The cold storage is maintained
at 5°C and the fruits get cooled to the storage temperature in 10 hours. The latent heat of
freezing is 105 kJ/kg and specific heat of fruit is 1.256 kJ/kg K. Find the refrigeration capacity
of the plant.

4. A cold storage plant is required to store 20 tonnes of fish. The fish is supplied at a temperature
of 30°C. The specific heat of fish above freezing point is 2.93 kJ/kg K. The specific heat offish
below freezing point is 1.26 kJ/kg K. The fish is stored in cold storage which is maintained at –
8 oC. The freezing point of fish is – 4°C. The latent heat of fish is 235 kJ/kg. If the plant
requires 75 kW to drive it, find (a) The capacity of the plant, and (b) Time taken to achieve
cooling. Assume actual C.O.P. of the plant as 0.3 of the Carnot C.O.P.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Date:- Assaingment-2 Submission Date:-

1. An ideal refrigeration cycle operates with R134a as the working fluid. The temperature of
refrigerant in the condenser and evaporator are 40ºC and -20ºC respectively. The mass flow rate
of refrigerant is 0.1 kg/s. Determine the cooling capacity and COP of the plant.

2. A R-12 plant has to produce 10 tons of refrigeration. The condenser and evaporator temperature
40C and -100C Determine
a. Refrigerant flow rate
b. Volume flow rate of the compressor
c. Operating pressure ratio
d. Power required to drive the compressor
e. Flash gas percentage after throttling
f. COP

3. A NH3refrigerator produces 100 tons of ice from water at 0ºC in a day. The cycle operates
between 25ºC and -15ºC. The vapor is dry saturated at the end of compression. If the COP is
50% of theoretical COP, calculate the power required to drive the compressor.
4. In a refrigerator the power rating impressed on the compressor is 1.2 kW. The circulating wire
in evaporator is 5 kW and the cooling water took away 10 kW from condenser coil. The
operating temperatures range is 18ºC and 0ºC and their corresponding latent heats are 170 kJ/kg
and 230 kJ/kg and the difference between the liquid energy is 35 kJ/kg. Find the actual COP of
the system (2) relative COP, assuming the vapour is just dry and saturated at the end of the
compression.
5. A water cooler using R12 refrigerant works between 30ºC to 9ºC. Assuming the volumetric and
mechanical efficiency of the compressor to be 80 and 90% respectively, and the mechanical
efficiency of motor to be 90% , and 20% of useful cooling is lost into water cooler, find:
1) The power requirement of the motor
2) Volumetric displacement of the compressor
Given C(saturated vapour at30ºC) = 0.7 kJ/kg K
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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Date:- Assaingment-3 Submission Date:-

1. Explain with neat sketch Practical Vapour absorption refrigeration system?

2. Explain with neat sketch Li-Br Vapour absorption refrigeration system?

3. The operating temperatures of a single stage vapour absorption refrigeration system are:
generator: 90o C; condenser and absorber: 40C; evaporator: 0oC. The system has a refrigeration
capacity of 100 kWand the heat input to the system is 160 kW. The solution pump work is
negligible.
a) Find the COP of the system and the total heat rejection rate from the system.
b) An inventor claims that by improving the design of all the components of the system he
could reduce the heat input to the system to 80 kW while keeping the refrigeration capacity and
operating temperatures same as before. Examine the validity of the claim.

4. A vapour absorption refrigeration system based on ammonia-water (Figure 17.1) has

refrigeration capacity of 100 TR. The various state properties of the system shown below are
given in the table. Taking the heat rejection rate in the reflux condenser (Qd) as 88 kW, find a)
The mass flow rates of solution through the evaporator, strong solution and weak solution; b)
Enthalpy values not specified in the table and c) Heat transfer rates at condenser, absorber and
generator and solution
pump work d) System COP
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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Date:- Assaingment-4 Submission Date:-

1. 23. On a particular day the weather forecast states that the dry bulb temperature is 37oC, while
the relative humidity is 50% and the barometric pressure is 101.325 kPa. Find the humidity
ratio, dew point temperature and enthalpy of moist air on this day.

2. Will the moisture in the above air condense when it comes in contact with a cold surface whose
surface temperature is 24oC?

3. Moist air at 1 atm. pressure has a dry bulb temperature of 32 oC and a wet bulb temperature of
26oC. Calculate a) the partial pressure of water vapour, b) humidity ratio, c) relative humidity,
d) dew point temperature, e) density of dry air in the mixture, f) density of water vapour in the
mixture and g) enthalpy of moist air using perfect gas law model and Psychrometric equations.

4. What is the required wattage of an electrical heater that heats 0.1 m/s of air from 15 0C and 80%
RH to 55C? The barometric pressure is 101.325 kPa.

5. 0.2 kg/s of moist air at 45oC (DBT) and 10% RH is mixed with 0.3 kg/s of moist air at 25 oC and
a humidity ratio of 0.018 kgw/kgda in an adiabatic mixing chamber. After mixing, the mixed air
is heated to a final temperature of 40oC using a heater. Find the temperature and relative
humidity of air after mixing. Find the heat transfer rate in the heater and relative humidity of air
at the exit of heater. Assume the barometric pressure to be 1 atm.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Date:- Assaingment-5 Submission Date:-

1. A cooling tower is used for cooling the condenser water of a refrigeration system having a heat
rejection rate of 100 kW. In the cooling tower air enters at 35oC (DBT) and 24oC (WBT) and
leaves the cooling tower at a DBT of 26 oC relative humidity of 95%. What is the required flow
rate of air at the inlet to the cooling tower in m 3/s. What is the amount of make-up water to be
supplied? The temperature of make-up water is at 30oC, at which its enthalpy (hw) may be taken
as 125.4 kJ/kg. Assume the barometric pressure to be 1 atm.

2. In an air conditioning system air at a flow rate of 2 kg/s enters the cooling coil at 25 oC and 50%
RH and leaves the cooling coil at 11oC and 90% RH. The apparatus dew point of the cooling
coil is 7oC. Find a) The required cooling capacity of the coil, b) Sensible Heat Factor for the
process, and c) By-pass factor of the cooling coil. Assume the barometric pressure to be 1 atm.
Assume the condensate water to leave the coil at ADP (hw= 29.26 kJ/kg)

3. A 1.8 meter tall human being with a body mass of 60 kg performs light work (activity = 1.2
met) in an indoor environment. The indoor conditions are: DBT of 30 oC, mean radiant
temperature of 32oC, air velocity of 0.2 m/s. Assuming an average surface temperature of 34 oC
for the surface of the human being and light clothing, find the amount of evaporative heat
transfer required so that the
Human being is at neutral equilibrium.

4. A 100% outdoor summer air conditioning system has a room sensible heat load of 400 kW and
a room latent heat load of 100 kW. The required inside conditions are 24oC and 50% RH, and
the outdoor design conditions are 34C and 40% RH. The air is supplied to the room at a dry
bulb temperature of 14oC. Find a) the required mass flow rate of air b) moisture content of
supply air, c) Sensible, latent heat loads on the coil, and d) The required cooling capacity of the
coil, Coil Sensible Heat Factor and coil ADP if the by-pass factor of the coil is 0.2. Barometric
pressure = 1 atm. Comment on the results.
5. An air conditioned building has a sensible cooling load of 60 kW and latent load of 40 kW. The
room is 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 re-
circulated 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 14 oC (DBT). If the bypass
factor of the cooling coil is 0.15 and the barometric pressure is 101.325 kPa, find: a) Mass flow
rate of supply air, b) Required cooling capacity of the cooling coil and heating capacity of the
reheat coil.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering

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