Refrigerator and Air Conditioning

(Unit – V)
Assignment-Cum-Tutorial Questions
A. Questions testing the remembering / understanding level of students
I) Objective Questions
1) In winter, the heating load of is likely to be less than the cooling load in summer, because ………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2) Summer air conditioning requires …………………………………………….…process.
3) Winter air conditioning requires …………………………………………………process.
4) Load on the air conditioning equipment due to infiltration consists of ………………..…
a) sensible heat load b) latent heat load c) sensible and latent heat load d) None
5) In a cooling and dehumidification process, the temperature at which the RSHF line or condition line
intersects saturation curve is called the ……………………………..
6) The purpose of ventilation is ……………..
i) to cool the conditioned space ii) to provide fresh oxygen
iii) to dilute carbon dioxide and odours iv) to decrease the cooling load on the cooling coil
a) i only b) ii & iii c) iii only d) ii, iii & iv
7) The ventilation will
a) increase the load on the apparatus b) decrease the load on the apparatus
c) increase the room total heat d) decrease the room total heat
8) The grand sensible heat factor is defined as ……………………………………..…………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………….…………………
9) The purpose of re-circulated air in air conditioning systems is ……………….
a) to provide ventilation b) to reduce the room total heat
c) to decrease the load on the apparatus d) to increase the load on the apparatus
10) The effect of bypass factor of the cooling coil is ………………….…………………..of the surface.
a) to increase the ADP b) to increase the room total heat
c) to increase the load on the apparatus d) to lower the ADP

II) Descriptive Questions

1. a) List out various sensible and latent heat loads of a room in summer air conditioning.
b) Explain the working of a simple summer air conditioning system and represent the process on a
psychrometric chart.
2. a) What is the necessity of ventilation? Define Grand Sensible Heat Factor.
b) Explain the working of a simple summer air conditioning system with ventilation and zero bypass
factor and represent the process on a psychrometric chart.
3. a) What is effective sensible heat factor? How is it useful in determining dehumidified air quantity in
summer air conditioning system with ventilation air and finite bypass factor?
b) Distinguish between comfort and industrial air conditioning.
4. a) What are various heating loads of a room in winter air conditioning?
b) Describe the working of a simple winter air conditioning system and sketch the processes on a
psychrometric chart.

B. Question testing the ability of students in applying the concepts.

I) Multiple Choice Questions:
1) The latent heat load in an auditorium is 40% of sensible heat load. The value of sensible heat factor is
equal to …………….
a) 0.6142 b) 0.7142 c) 0.8142 d) 0.5142

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2) The ventilation load for a meeting room of 100 persons seating capacity if the inside and ambient
conditions are 19oC DBT & 50% RH and 45oC & 25oC, respectively and the ventilation requirement
is 0.024 m3/s per person, is ……………..
a) 4,66,000 kJ/h b) 3,66,000 kJ/h c) 2,66,000 kJ/h d) 5,66,000 kJ/h
3) A room of size 12m X 5m X 4m high is maintained at
  28  and =70%. The ambient air is at

 =41oC and =60%. The infiltration amounts to two air change per hour. The infiltration load in
kW is.…
a) 2.33 b) 4.33 c) 5.33 d) 3.33
4) The indoor design conditions are 25oC and 50% relative humidity. The RSH and RLH are 100 kW
and 20 kW respectively. If the bypass factor of the cooling coil is 0.15, the volume flow rate of
conditioned air in cmm is……………….
a) 480.2 b) 350.2 c) 550.2 d) 450.2
5) A building has the following calculated cooling loads; RSH gain = 310 kW, RLH gain = 100 kW. The
space is maintained at the following conditions; Room DBT = 25oC and Room RH = 50%. Outdoor
air is at 28oC and 50% RH. If 10% by mass of air supplied to the building is outdoor air, the grand
sensible heat factor is……………
6) For an office building the outdoor design conditions are 40°C DBT and humidity ratio of 0.013. The
indoor design conditions are 25°C DBT and 0.01 humidity ratio. The supply air state is 10°C DBT and
0.006 humidity ratio. If the supply air flow rate is 1000 m3/ min having specific volume 0.8 m3/kg d.a.,
room sensible and room latent heat loads in kW are, respectively, ……………..
a) 414 & 316 b) 214 & 116 c) 214 & 316 d) 314 & 216

Common data for questions 7 and 8

The air-handling unit of an air-conditioning plant supplies a total of 4500 cmm of dry air which comprises
by weight 20% fresh air at 40oC DBT and 27oC WBT, and 80% re-circulated air at 25oC DBT and 50%
RH. The air leaves the cooling coil at 13oC saturated state. Calculate the total cooling load, and room
heat gain.
7) The total cooling load on the equipment in kW is……………
a) 1881.4 b) 1781.4 c) 1681.4 d) 1581.4
8) The room total heat gain in kW is………..
a) 1091 b) 1291 c) 1291 d) 1191
Common data for questions 9 and 10
An air-conditioned space is maintained at 27oC DBT and 50% RH. The ambient condition are 40oC DBT
and 27oC WBT. The space has a sensible heat gain of 14 kW. Air is supplied to the space at 7oC
saturated.
9) Mass of moist air supplied to the space in kg/h is…………..
a) 2467 b) 2667 c) 2867 d) 2267
10) Cooling load of the air washer in kW if 30% of the air supplied to the space is fresh, the remainder
being re-circulated is…………...
a) 22.71 b) 28.71 c) 24.71 d) 26.74
Common data for questions 11 and 12
The room air leaves an air-conditioned space at 25oC, 50% relative humidity. The bypass factor of the
cooling coil is zero. The outdoor air is at 45oC, 30% relative humidity. The dehumidified air quantity is
600 cmm and 80% of this by mass is re-circulated. The apparatus dew point is 12oC.
11) The room total heat in kW is …………….
a) 183.863 b) 173.863 c) 193.863 d) 163.863
12) The grand total heat in kW is …………….
a) 292.946 b) 282.946 c) 272.946 d) 262.946

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II) Problems
1) Given: Room conditions: 26oC DBT, 19oC WBT; Outside conditions: 35oC DBT, 27oC WBT; Room
heat gains: Sensible heat = 11.1 kW, Latent heat =3.9 kW. The conditioned air supplied to the room is
50 cmm and contains 25% fresh air and 75% re-circulated room air. Determine (a) The DBT and
WBT of supply air, (b) The apparatus dew point and bypass factor of the coil, and (c) The refrigeration
load on the cooling coil and (d) The moisture removed by the coil.
2) An air conditioned space is maintained at 25oC DBT and 50% RH. The outside conditions are 40oC
DB and 25oC WB. The space has a sensible heat gain of 24.5 kW. Conditioned air is supplied to the
space as saturated air at 10oC. The equipment consists of an air washer. The air entering the air
washer comprises 25% outside air, the remainder being re-circulated room air. Calculate (a) Volume
flow rate of air supplied to space, (b) Latent heat gain of space, and (c) Cooling load of air washer.
3) A summer air conditioning plant mixes 70 cmm of outside air at 35oC DBT and 23oC WBT with 210
cmm of return air at 24oC DBT and 50% RH. The mixture passes over a cooling coil. Air off the coil
is 90% RH. The room SHF is 0.7. Find (a) the ADP of the cooling coil and dry bulb temperature of
the air leaving the cooling coil. (b) Cooling capacity of coil in kW.
4) The room air leaves an air-conditioned space at 25oC, 50% relative humidity. The bypass factor of the
cooling coil is zero. The outdoor air is at 45oC, 30% relative humidity. The outdoor air quantity is 100
cmm. RSH and RLH are 200 kW and 50 kW respectively. Determine (a) the supply air quantity in
cmm, (b) GSHF and (c) total cooling load of the coil.
5) The RSH and RLH of a room are 300 kW and 100 kW respectively. The room is maintained at 25oC
dry-bulb temperature and 50% relative humidity. If the air supplied to the room is as 18oC, find the
minimum amount of air supplied to the room in m3/s and the volume flow rate at the supply
temperature. If the bypass factor of the cooling coil is 0.20, find the supply air state and the volume
flow rate.
6) The RSH and RLH of an air-conditioned space are 60 kW and 40 kW respectively. The indoor design
conditions are at 24oC and 50% relative humidity. The outdoor designs are 34oC and 40% relative
humidity. The outdoor air is mixed with re-circulated air in the ratio of 1 : 3 (by mass). A reheat coil
is used along with a cooling and dehumidifying coil. Air is supplied to the conditioned space at 14oC.
The bypass factor of the cooling coil is 0.15 and the barometric pressure is 101.325 kPa. Find the
mass flow rate of supply air, the required cooling capacity of the cooling coil and heating capacity of
the reheat coil.
7) A conditioned room with partial re-circulation of room air is to be maintained at 24oC DB, 17oC WB.
The local outside environment conditions are 35oC DB, 26oC WB. The sensible heat load is 48 kW.
The latent heat load from occupants and infiltration, but excluding ventilation, is 57 kW. Based on the
occupancy, 36 cmm of ventilation air is required. Find (a) the temperature of air entering the room,
(b) the volume of air passing through the room, (c) the state of air entering the conditioner, (d) the
required ADP, and (e) the coil BPF.
8) The outside air at 5oC and 60% relative humidity is first passed over heating coils and heated until its
wet-bulb temperature becomes equal to the room wet-bulb temperature. The air is then passed through
an adiabatic saturator and is finally heated to 45oC before being supplied to the room. Find the heat
added to both the heating coils, if 500 kg of air is supplied per minute to a hall maintained at 21oC and
40% relative humidity.
9) Given for the air conditioning of a room, Room conditions: 26.5 oC DBT and 50% RH, Room sensible
heat gain = 26.3 kW, Room sensible het factor = 0.82. Find (a) the room latent heat gain, (b) the
apparatus dew point, (c) the cmm of air if it is supplied to the room at the apparatus dew point, and (d)
the cmm and specific heat humidity of air if it is supplied to the room at 17 oC.
10) A retail shop located in a city at 30oN latitude has the following loads. Room sensible heat: 58.15 kW,
Room latent heat: 14.54 kW. The summer outside and inside design conditions are, outside: 40 oC
DBT, 27 oC WBT, Inside: 25 oC DBT, 50% RH, 70 cmm of ventilation air is used. Determine the
following: (a) Ventilation load, (b) Grand total heat, (c) Effective sensible heat factor, (d) Apparatus
dew point, (e) Dehumidified air quantity, (f) Condition of air entering and leaving the apparatus.
Assume the bypass factor of the cooling coil as 0.15.

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11) A laboratory has the following heat gains: Sensible heat: 35 kW, Latent heat: 20 kW. The design
conditions are as follows: Outside-40oC DBT, 27oC WBT, Inside-22oC DBT, 50 RH. The ventilation
air requirement is 80 cmm. A cooling coil with a bypass factor of 0.05 must be used. An apparatus
dew point of 10oC must be maintained. Determine (a) Amount of reheat required, (b) Supply air
quantity, (c) Dry bulb and wet bulb temperatures of air entering apparatus, (d) Dry bulb and wet bulb
temperatures of air leaving apparatus, (e) Supply air temperature.
12) 300 cmm of outside air at 5oC and 60% RH are heated and humidified to maintain room conditions at
21oC and 40% RH. Devise a suitable system for the air conditioning and find the kW of various
heaters and the moisture added. The supply air temperature is 45oC and the room sensible heat factor
is 0.75.
C. Questions testing the analyzing / evaluating ability of students
1) A laboratory having an unusually large latent heat gain is required to be air conditioned. The design
conditions and loads are as follows: Summer design conditions: 40oC DBT, 27oC WBT, Inside design
conditions: 25oC DBT, 50% RH, Room sensible heat: 34.9 kW, Room latent heat: 18.6 kW. The
ventilation air requirement is 85 cmm. Determine the following with 0.05 bypass factor of the cooling
coil: (a) Ventilation load, (b) Room and effective sensible heat factor, (c) Apparatus dew point and
amount of reheat for economical design, (d) Supply air quantity, (e) Condition of air entering and
leaving the coil and supply air temperature, (f) Grand total heat.
2) The following data refer to an air conditioning system for 400 capacity theatre. Ambient:
 =40oC
and

 =30oC. Inside:
 =22oC and =50%. Solar heat gain 5% of the structure heat gain. The
wall gain factor=15,000 kJ/K-h, heat release per person (sensible 350 kJ/h, Latent=100 kJ/h). Volume
of theatre=1200 m3, Ventilation air = 10 m3/person-h, Air leaves the coil at 9oC. Find the tonnage of
the refrigeration system. A part of both re-circulated and fresh air is mixed before passing the coil and
this mixture leaves at the ADP. The rest make up air is mixed such that it enters the room at 9oC.
Also find the amount of air supplied to the room and the fresh air mixed before and after the coil.
3) An air-conditioned space is at 25oC, 50% relative humidity. The outdoor air is at 40oC and 50%
relative humidity. The RSH and RLH of air-conditioned space are 30 kW and 6 kW, respectively.
The ventilation requirement is such that the outdoor air quantity is 100 cmm. The bypass factor of the
cooling coil is zero. Determine the supply air state, mass flow rate of supply air, state at inlet to
cooling coil, RTH, GTH, GSHF and the total cooling load.
If the bypass factor of the cooling coil is 0.15, RSH = 20 kW, RLH = 5 kW, the return air is mixed
with outside air before entering the cooling coil in the ratio 4 : 1 by mass, the room air condition and
the outdoor air condition being the same, then determine the ESHF, apparatus dew point, the supply
air state on ESHF, and the actual supply air state, the state at inlet to cooling coil, OASH, OALH,
OATH, and the total cooling load.
D. Questions from Previous IES papers
I) One Mark Questions
1) The sensible heat factor during the heating and humidification process is equal to…..(IES-2006)

Where, H1= Total heat of air entering the heating coil

H2 = Total heat of air leaving the heating coil
H3 = Total heat of air at the end of the humidification
2) The latent heat load in an auditorium is 25% of the sensible heat load. The value of sensible heat
factor (S H F) is equal to (IES-2002)
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.8 (d) 1.0
3) Air-conditioning has to be done for a hall whose RSH = 50 kW and RLH = 50 kW. There are no
other sources of heat addition or leakages. What is the value of the RSHF? (IES-2005)
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.75 (d) 1.00

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4) Consider the following statements: (IAS-2007)
When a GSHF line is extended, it may strike the saturation curve at a point. This point is called…
1. effective surface temperature. 2. air saturation temperature.
3. water boiling temperature. 4. apparatus dew point.
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 4 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 and 4
5) In the case of a cooling coil with non-zero bypass factor, the apparatus, dew point temperature lies at
the intersection point of (IAS-1997)
(a) room DB line with the saturation curve (b) RSHF and GSHF lines
(c) RSHF and ESHF lines (d) GSHF line with the saturation curve
6) The state of air supplied by a cooling coil with a by-pass factor X lies on the Psychrometric chart at
the (IAS-1998)
(a) intersection of RSHF line with saturation curve
(b) intersection of GSHF line with saturation curve
(c) point which divides RSHF line in proportion to X and (1 - X)
(d) point which divides ESHF line in proportion to X and (I-X)
7) The heat load from the occupants in air-conditioning load calculation is a source of: (IES-2006)
(a) Sensible heat only (b) Latent heat only (c) Both sensible and latent heat (d) None of the above
8) Consider the following statements: (IES-2000)
1. The recommended outside air required per person for an auditorium is approximately 0.25
m3/min.
2. Outside air for ventilation purposes causes sensible heat load and also latent heat load.
3. The sensible heat factor for an auditorium is generally kept as 0.7
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
9) Two summer air-conditioning systems with non-zero by pass factor are proposed for a room with a
known sensible and latent heat load. System A operates with ventilation but system B operates
without ventilation. Then the (IES-1995)
a) bypass factor of system A must be less than the bypass factor of system B
(b) bypass factor of system A must be more than the bypass factor of system B
(c) apparatus dew point for system A must be lower than the apparatus dew point for system B
(d) apparatus dew point for system A must be higher than the apparatus dew point for system B.

II) Two Marks Questions

1) A classroom is to be air-conditioned by obtaining the comfort conditions
of 22°C dbt and 55% RH from outdoor conditions of 32°C dbt and 22°C
wbt. The weight of outside air supplied is 30 kg/min. The comfort
conditions required are achieved first by chemical dehumidification and
then by cooling with a cooling coil as shown in the psychrometric chart
above. What is the capacity of the dehumidification in kg/hr? (IES-2009)
(a) 3.2 (b) 5.4 (c) 6.8 (d) 9.5
2) For an air-conditioned space, RTH = 100 kW, RSHF = 0.75, volume flow rate = 100m3/min, and
indoor design specific humidity is 0.01 kg/kg of dry air. What is the specific humidity of the supply
air? (IES-2001; 2005)
(a) 0.010 (b) 0.0075 (c) 0.005 (d) 0.0025
3) An air-conditioned room has length, width and height of 20 m, 30 m and 4 m respectively. The
infiltration is assumed to be one air change. The outdoor and indoor dry bulb temperatures are 40o C
and 25oC respectively. The sensible heat load due to infiltration is….. (IES-2001; 2003)
(a) 734 kW (b) 12.24 kW (c) 0.204 kW (d) 10 kW

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4) An air-conditioned room of volume 10 m3 has infiltration of air equivalent to 3 air changes. Density
of air is 1.2 kg/m3, specific heat Cp is 1 kJ/kg-K and temperature difference between room and
ambient air is 20 K. The sensible heat load due to infiltrated air is……. (IES-2000)
(a) 60 kJ/hr (b) 12 kJ/hr (c) 6 kW (d) 0.2 kW
5) Moist air enters the cooling coil with mass flow rate of 10 kgda/s at dry bulb temperature of 30oC
and humidity ratio of 0.017 kgw/kgda. It leaves the cooling coil at dry bulb temperature of16oC and
humidity ratio of 0.008 kgw/kgda. If specific heat of humid air is 1.02 kJ/kgda-K and latent heat of
water vapour is 2500 kJ/kgw. The sensible and latent heat transfer of cooling coil are, respectively
(IES-2003)
(a) 140 kW and 25000 kW (b) 142.8 kW and 2.25 kW
(c) 142.8 kW and 225 kW (d) 225 kW and 142.8 kW
6) For an office building the outdoor design conditions are 45°C DBT and humidity ratio of 0.015. The
indoor design conditions are 25°C DBT and 0.01 humidity ratio. The supply air state is 15°C DBT
and 0.007 humidity ratio. If the supply air flow rate is 1000 m3/ min, room sensible and room latent
heat loads are, respectively, (IES-2002)
(a) 408 kW and 400 kW (b) 408 kW and 150 kW
(c) 204 kW and 400 kW (d) 204 kW and 150 kW
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