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0 CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATION

From this experiment, the thermodynamic cycle of vapour – compression heat pump
and refrigerator were studied. The heat pump worked on a vapour-compression cycle in which
the refrigerant flew through for process which are, evaporation at low pressure and temperature,
compression to high pressure, condensation at high temperature and temperature and lastly the
expansion by throttling from high pressure to low pressure. By knowing two variables it was
possible to obtain the value of the third unknown and for this purpose the pressure-enthalpy
diagram was used. The COP value can be observed by the work input of the compressor or by
the work applied to the fluid. The value depends on the variation temperature of the test, state
point of the properties and the work applied to the fluid. When the difference between the
condensing and evaporating pressures decreased, the Win input to the compressor at a specific
Q refrigeration effect also decreased. Hence, the COP value increased. The overall heat transfer
between R141b and water in the evaporator and condenser were also determined. In this
experiment, heat transfer rate for both evaporator and condenser increase with condensing
temperature. This might be due to reading error. In conclusion, there slight error in this
experiment as the calculated results varies from the theoretical results. But overall, the
objectives of the experiment were successfully achieved.