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The document outlines an assignment focused on refrigeration and air conditioning systems, detailing calculations for various scenarios involving refrigerant-134a and air. It includes tasks such as determining heat removal rates, power inputs, and coefficients of performance for different refrigeration cycles, as well as psychrometric properties of air under specific conditions. The assignment emphasizes the application of thermodynamic principles in analyzing refrigeration systems.

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The document outlines an assignment focused on refrigeration and air conditioning systems, detailing calculations for various scenarios involving refrigerant-134a and air. It includes tasks such as determining heat removal rates, power inputs, and coefficients of performance for different refrigeration cycles, as well as psychrometric properties of air under specific conditions. The assignment emphasizes the application of thermodynamic principles in analyzing refrigeration systems.

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Assignment 3: Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

1) A refrigerator uses refrigerant-134a as the working fluid and operates on an ideal vapor-
compression refrigeration cycle between 0.14 and 0.8 MPa. If the mass flow rate of the
refrigerant is 0.05 kg/s, determine (a) the rate of heat removal from the refrigerated
space and the power input to the compressor, (b) the rate of heat rejection to the
environment, and (c) the COP of the refrigerator.
2) Consider a two-stage cascade refrigeration system operating between the pressure
limits of 0.8 and 0.14 MPa. Each stage operates on an ideal vapor compression
refrigeration cycle with refrigerant-134a as the working fluid. Heat rejection from the
lower cycle to the upper cycle takes place in an adiabatic counterflow heat exchanger
where both streams enter at about 0.32 MPa. If the mass flow rate of the refrigerant
through the upper cycle is 0.05 kg/s, determine (a) the mass flow rate of the refrigerant
through the lower cycle, (b) the rate of heat removal from the refrigerated space and the
power input to the compressor, and (c) the coefficient of performance of this cascade
refrigerator.
3) A gas refrigeration system using air as the working fluid has a pressure ratio of 4. Air
enters the compressor at -7°C. The high-pressure air is cooled to 27°C by rejecting heat
to the surroundings. It is further cooled to -15°C by regenerative cooling before it enters
the turbine. Assuming both the turbine and the compressor to be isentropic and using
constant specific heats at room temperature, determine (a) the lowest temperature that
can be obtained by this cycle, (b) the coefficient of performance of the cycle, and (c)
the mass flow rate of air for a refrigeration rate of 12 kW.
4) Consider a room that contains air at 1 atm, 35°C, and 40 percent relative humidity.
Using the psychrometric chart, determine (a) the specific humidity, (b) the enthalpy, (c)
the wet-bulb temperature, (d ) the dew-point temperature,and (e) the specific volume of
the air.
5) The air in a room is at 1 atm, 32°C, and 60 percent relative humidity. Determine (a) the
specific humidity, (b) the enthalpy (in kJ/kg dry air), (c) the wet-bulb temperature, (d )
the dew-point temperature, and (e) the specific volume of the air (in m3/kg dry air). Use
the psychrometric chart.

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