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Given:

Vapour compression refrigeration system using ammonia

Condensing & evaporating temperatures of 30C and 6C
Ammonia enters compressor as saturated vapour,,
compressed isentropically to condenser pressure
Subcooling observed before ammonia is expanded

Required:

(a) temperature-entropy diagram

(b) Power required and COP if m = 0.1 kg/s
(c) % change in work to increase refrigeration effect by
5%; no further subcooling

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Solution:

(b) Power =

m (h2 h1)

= 17.29 kW
(a)

(c)
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b
a

T (C)

T1 = 30C

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h2 obt from superheat tables

(s2 = s1)

Superheat tables
Ta = Tg + 50
Tb = Tg + 100
For given Pg.
h4= h3 hf,T3

T1 = 28C
T1 = -6C

4 4

h h
COP = 1 4
h2 h1

= 6.50
s (kJ/kg.K)

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(c) Increase in work required

= 100 x (wc wc )/wc =100 x [ (h2-h1)-(h2-h1)]/(h2-h1) %
For 5% increase in refrigeration effect (without further subcooling,
?
h1' h4
= 1.05
h1 h4

h1 = 1494 kJ/kg

To determine h2, the isentropic process of compression is considered.

s2 = s1

wc = h2 h1 = 190.5 kJ/kg

Increase in work required = 10.2%

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