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Assignment 4 - Refrigeration

This document contains 7 practice problems related to vapor compression refrigeration cycles. It provides the problems, required values, formulas used, step-by-step solutions, and final answers. The problems calculate values such as coefficient of performance, refrigerating effect, circulating refrigerant rate, power supplied, heat rejected, volume flow rate, mass flow rates, bore and stroke sizes, discharge temperature, and compressor work. The document was prepared by a mechanical engineering professor as a problem set on refrigeration systems for students.

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This document contains 7 practice problems related to vapor compression refrigeration cycles. It provides the problems, required values, formulas used, step-by-step solutions, and final answers. The problems calculate values such as coefficient of performance, refrigerating effect, circulating refrigerant rate, power supplied, heat rejected, volume flow rate, mass flow rates, bore and stroke sizes, discharge temperature, and compressor work. The document was prepared by a mechanical engineering professor as a problem set on refrigeration systems for students.

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM


MERB 323 – REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS
PROBLEM SET 3
THE VAPOR COMPRESSION CYCLE
Direction: Solve the following problems with complete solution. (Given, Required, Formula,
Solution Proper, Diagram, and Final Answer)
1. An ammonia vapor refrigeration cycle operates at an evaporator temperature
of –16°C and a condensing temperature of 32°C. Determine the coefficient of
performance (a) for an ideal saturation cycle, (b) for wet compression with
saturated vapor leaving the compressor, and (c) if the vapor at suction to the
compressor is superheated 6 degrees.
Ans. (a) 4.50, (b) 4.70, (c) 4.28

2. A standard vapor compression system produces 20 tons of refrigeration using


R-12 as a refrigerant while operating between a condenser temperature of
41.6 oC and an evaporator temperature of –25 oC. Determine (a) the
refrigerating effect in kJ/kg, (b) the circulating rate in kg/s, (c) the power
supplied, (d) the COP, (e) the heat rejected in kW, and (f) the volume flow rate
in L/s.
Ans. (a) 100.26 kJ/kg, (b) 0.7 022 kg/s, (c) 25.69 kW,
(d) 2.74, € 96.09 kW, (f) 92.18 L/s

3. An ammonia simple saturation cycle operates between evaporator and


condenser temperatures of –20 C and 35 C, respectively. The system is to be
used in producing 5000 kg of ice at –12 C from water at 29 C in 20 hrs.
Assuming losses to be 20 percent of the heat to be absorbed from the water,
determine (a) the mass flow rate, (b) the heat rejected in the condenser, and
(c) the power required by the compression.
Ans. (a) 0.03747 kg/s, (b) 51.29 kJ/s (c) 11.16 kW

4. A 15-ton refrigeration system is used to make ice. The water is available at 20


C. Refrigerant 12 is used with saturated temperature limits of –25 C and 54 C.
Determine (a) the COP, (b) the refrigerant flow rate, (c) the temperature at
discharge of the compressor, (d) the volume flow rate, and (e) the maximum
kg of ice manufactured per day
Ans. (a) 2.05, (b) 0.6048 kg/s, (c) 65’C, (d) 79.4L/s (e) 10,894 kg

5. A refrigerant 12 refrigeration system requires a loada of 54 kW at an


evaporator pressure of 270 kPa and a condenser pressure of 1009 kPa. The
refrigerant is subcooled 10 degrees before entering the expansion valve and
vapor is superheated 14 degrees before entering the compressor. A twin-
cylinder compressor with stroke equal to 1.25 times the bore is to be used at a
speed of 27 r/s. The volumetric efficiency is 84 per cent. Determine (a) the
quantity of cooling water in the condenser for an 11-degree increase in
temperature, (b) the bore and stroke, and (c) the compressor power.
Ans. (a) 1.40 kg/s, (b) 8.58 x 10.73 cm, (c) 10.5 kW

6. A refrigerant 22 refrigeration carries a load of 82 kW at an evaporator pressure


of 354 kPa and a condenser pressure of 1460 kPa. The liquid refrigerant is
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subcooled by 4 degrees before entering the expansion valve and the vapor is
superheated by 5 degrees before entering the compressor. The compressor
operates at 28r/s. The stroke-to-bore ratio of the twin-cylinder compressor is
1.20 and the actual volumetric efficiency is 82 percent. Determine: a. mass
flow rate of refrigerant (b) mass flow rate of the cooling water in the
condenser for a 7-degree change in temperature, b. The bore and stroke
Ans. (a) 0.5025 kg/s, (b) 3.43 kg/s, (c) 9.2 x 11 cm

7. A refrigerant 22 refrigerating system is operating with a condenser


temperature of 42°C and an evaporating temperature of 0°C. (a) If the liquid
line from the condenser is soldered to the suction line from the evaporator to
form a simple heat exchanger and if as a result of this the saturated vapor
leaving the evaporator is superheated 10 degrees, how many degrees will the
saturated liquid leaving the condenser be subcooled? Determine (b) the
volume flow rate, and (c) the compressor work.
Ans. (a) 5.3’C, (b) 1.102 L/s/TR, (c) 0.662 kW/TR

Prepared by:

ENGR. DANIELLE JOSEPH H. BUBAN, RMEE


Professor, ME Program

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