Faculty Name

Ajeet Kumar
LECTURE PLAN

Total
Lecture: 40
Sub Code & Name : ME 403 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Branch: Mechanical Engg Semester : VII
Unit Topics No. of
Lecture




I
Definition of refrigeration & air conditioning; Necessity; Methods of
refrigeration; Unit of refrigeration
1
Coefficient of performance (COP), Fundamentals of air-conditioning system.

1
Air Refrigeration System: Carnot refrigeration cycle; Temperature
Limitations; Brayton refrigeration or the Bell Coleman air refrigeration cycle;
2
Necessity of cooling the aero plane; Air craft refrigeration systems, Simple
cooling and Simple evaporative types, Boot strap and Boot strap evaporative
1
Boot strap and Boot strap evaporative types, Regenerative type and Reduced
Ambient type system, Comparison of different systems.
2



II
Vapor Compression Refrigeration Systems: Simple Vapour Compression
Refrigeration systems-Limitations of Reversed Carnot cycle with vapour as the
refrigerant
1
Analysis of VC cycle considering degrees of sub cooling and superheating; 2
VC cycle on p-v, t-s and p-h diagrams; Effects of operating conditions on COP 1
Multistage Vapor Compression Refrigeration Systems: Necessity of
multistage compression, Compound VC cycle
2
Inter cooling with liquid sub cooling and / or water inter cooler 1
Multistage compression with flash inter cooling and / or water inter-cooling;
systems with individual or multiple expansion valves
1
Individual compression system with individual or multiple expansion valves;
Individual compression systems with individual or multiple expansion valves
but with and without intercoolers
3


III
Vapor Absorption Refrigeration Systems: Basic Systems, Actual COP of the
System, Performance, Relative merits and demerits;
2
Properties of aqua ammonia; Electrolux Refrigeration; Steam Jet Refrigerating
System.
1
Refrigerants: Definition, Classification, Nomenclature, Desirable properties,
Comparative study, secondary refrigerants
2
Introduction to eco-friendly Refrigerants; Introduction to Cryogenics. 1


IV
Psychrometry: Properties of moist Air-Gibbs Dalton law, Specific humidity,
Dew point temperature
1
Degree of saturation, Relative humidity, Enthalpy, Humid specific heat, Wet
bulb temp., Thermodynamics wet bulb temp
2
Psychrometric chart; Psychrometry of air-conditioning processes, Mixing
Process, Basic processes in conditioning of air; Psychrometric processes in air
washer
3



V
Air Conditioning: Classification 1
factors affecting air conditioning systems; comfort air-conditioning system;
winter air conditioning system; summer air-conditioning system; year round air
conditioning; unitary air-conditioning system; central air conditioning system;
room sensible heat factor;
3
Grand sensible heat factor; effective room sensible heat factor; Inside design
conditions; comfort conditions

3

Components of cooling loads; internal heat gains; system heat gain: external
heat gain; Transport air conditioning
2