Problem 3.
4 Tra Pressure Table letikengthien
Ideal vapor compression refrigeration systems
A refrigerator uses refrigerant-134a as the working fluid and operates on an ideal vapor-
compression refrigeration cycle between 0.12 and 0.7 MPa. The mass flow rate of the
refrigerant is 0.05 kg/s. Show the cycle on a T-s diagram with respect to saturation lines.
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 coefficient of performance
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Pressure
• Point 1 : saturated vapour ,
P1 = 0.12 MPa
Tra
being ,
he = 233.86
Using
Table
-
Ss = 0.9354 (KJ/ [Link] )
•
Points :
Superheated vapour Pa = 0.7M patta barig Superheated
>
µ
, =
?
[
,
soy =
se = 0.9354 ( KJ /
kg .
K )
Ñ=
Sa = 0.9197 → ha = 265.37 0.05kg Is
Sa = 0.9354 → hey = ?
Sb = 0.9539 → hb = 275.93
ha = ha + (
hg -
ha ) ✗ S2 =
270.21 (
Hsing)
Sb -
Sa
Potts Saturated liquid Pg Pg -0.7hPa hog 86.78
•
:
,
=
> =
HTIUG
0.3242 (UT/ [Link])
Sg =
•
Poin ha =
hg = 86.78 KJ /
Kg
a) Heat removal :
Q•µ = in Cha -
hz ) = ( UJ /s )
Power input :
win = in Cha - ha ) = (HJK)
b) Heat rejection : Oi, =
in the ha) -
e) C. QP : c. 0
.P=Qw÷ =
thighs =
Choked etdnw:)
Problem 3.5
Cascade refrigeration systems
Consider a two-stage cascade refrigeration system operating between
pressure limits of 0.8 and 0.14 MPa. Each stage operates on the 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 counter-flow heat exchanger where both
streams enter at about 0.4 MPa. If the mass flow rate of the refrigerant
through the upper cycle is 0.24 kg/s, determine the:
a) mass flow rate of the refrigerant through the lower cycle,
b) rate of heat removal from the refrigerated space,
c) power input to the compressor, and
d) coefficient of performance of this cascade refrigerator.
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saturated
•
Point 1 : Saturated vapour Ps=
,
0.14 Mpa
> his = 236.04
- S1 = 0.9322
•
point 2 :
superheated ' % = ◦ 4 MPA > h2 =
?
[
•
Ñ (KJ / kg
• = 0.24 Kgb g, =
gg = 0.9322 _
K )
Sa= 0.9182 → ha = 232.87
52=0.9322 ha ?
§;_÷a
→
ha )
=
ha = ha +
this -
Sb = 0.9515 → hb =
241.37
ha = 236.44
saturated liquid Pa 0.4 MPa hg= ha 62
• Point 3 :
, Pg = =
> =
Sg =
0.2399
◦
Point 4 :
hg = ha = 62
Problem 3.6
Multistage compression refrigeration systems
A two-stage compression refrigeration system operates with refrigerant-
134a between the pressure limits of 1 and 0.14 MPa. The refrigerant
leaves the condenser as a saturated liquid and is throttled to a flash
chamber operating at 0.5 MPa. The refrigerant leaving the low-pressure
compressor at 0.5 MPa is also routed to the flash chamber. The vapor in
the flash chamber is then compressed to the condenser pressure by the
high-pressure compressor, and the liquid is throttled to the evaporator
pressure. Assuming the refrigerant leaves the evaporator as saturated
vapor at a rate of 0.25 kg/s and that both compressors are isentropic,
determine the:
a) fraction of the refrigerant that evaporates in the flash chamber,
b) rate of heat removed from the refrigerated space, and
c) coefficient of performance.
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