B.E. Sem.

VIII (Mechanical) Examination December -2013 REFRIGERATION & AIR CONDITIONING (RAC) Code-337812(37)
Time: 1.5Hours] [Total marks :40]

Q.1

A vapour compression refrigeration machine with Freon 12 as refrigerant has a capacity of 12 tons of refrigeration operating between -28 0C and 26 0C. The refrigerant is sub cooled by 4oC before expansion and the vapour is superheated by 50C before leaving the evaporator. The machine has a 6 cylinder single acting compressor with stroke equal to 1.25 times the bore. It has clearance of 3% of the stroke volume. Determine (a) Theoretical power required (b) COP [12] (c) Volumetric efficiency (d) Bore and stroke of cylinder The speed of cylinder is 1000 rpm. Properties of Freon are given below. The specific heat of liquid refrigerant is 0.963 kJ/kgK and vapour is 0.615

Sat. 0 C -280C 260C

Temp Pressure Bar 1.093 6.679

Sp. Vol. of Enthalpy kJ/kg vapour in Liquid Vapour m3/kg 0.1475 10.64 175.11 0.0262 60.67 198.11

Entropy kJ/kgK Liquid 0.0444 0.2271 Vapour 0.7153 0.6865

Que2 . An ammonia ice plant operates between condenser temperature 350C and an evaporator temperature of -150C .It produce 5 Tons of ice per day from water at 250C to ice at -50C .The ammonia enters the compressor as dry and saturated vapour and leaves the condenser as saturated liquid .Determine (a) Capacity of the refrigerating plant (b) Mass flow of the refrigerant (c) Discharge temperature of the ammonia from the compressor (d) Power of compressor motor if isentropic efficiency of compressor is 85% and mechanical efficiency of the compressor is 90% (e) Relative efficiency Take latent heat of the ice =335 kJ/kgK, specific heat of ice =1.94kJ/kgK , Specific heat of water = 4.2 kJ/kgK.

Sat. 0 C -150C 350C

Temp Sp. Entropy kJ/kgK liquid 4.6 Vapour 2.8

Enthalpy kJ/kg Liquid 112.3 347.5 Vapour 1426 1471

Entropy kJ/kgK Liquid 0.457 1.282 Vapour 5.549 4.930

Q.3 A boot strap cooling system of 10TR capacity is used in an aeroplane . The ambient air temperature and pressure are 200C and 0.85 bar respectively .The pressure of air increases from 0.85 bar to 1 bar due to ramming action of air .The presence of air discharged from the main compressor is 3bar .The discharge pressure of air from auxiliary compressor is 4 bar. The isentropic efficiency of each compressor is 80% while that of turbine is 85% .50% of enthalpy air discharge from main compressor is removed in the first heat exchanger and 30% of the enthalpy of air discharge from the auxiliary compressor is removed in the second heat exchanger using rammed air .Assuming ramming action to be isentropic, the required cabin pr. Of 0.9 barand temperature of the air leaving the cabin not more than 200C, find (a)The power required to operate the system and [12] (b) The COP of the system (c) Draw the schematic and temp-entropy diagram of the system. Take y= 1.4 and Cp = 1kJ/kgK

Que 4. A regenerative air cooling system is used for an aeroplane totake 20 Tons of refrigeration load. The ambient air at pressure 0.8 bar and at temperature 100C is rammed isentropically till the pressure rises to 1.2 bar. The air bled off the main compressor at 4.5 bar is cooled by ram air in the heat exchanger whose effectiveness is 60%. The air from the heat exchanger s further cooled to 600C in regenerative heat exchanger with a portion of air bled after expansion in the cooling turbine .The cabin is to be maintained at a temperature of 250C and a pressure of 1 bar. If the isentropic efficiencies of the compressor and turbine are 90% and 80% respectively .Find (a) Mass of the air bled from cooling turbine to be used for regenerative cooling (b) Power required for maintaining the cabin at required condition (c) COP of the system. Assume the temperature of air leaving to atmosphere from the regenerative heat exchanger as 1000C

Q.5 In an absorption type refrigerator heat is supplied to NH3 generator by condensing steam at 2 bar the steam is 90% dry .The temperature in the refrigerator is to be maintained at -50C. Find the max COP possible .If the refrigeration load is 20 tonnes and actual cop is 70% of the maximum cop.Find the mass of steam required per hour .Take temp of the the atmosphere as 30oC. Que 6. Draw the neat sketch diagram of Lithium bromide water absorption system and explain its working. Que 7. Name the various types of evaporator and explain the flooded evaporator with neat sketch.