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Refrigeration Load Analysis for R134a

This document summarizes a refrigeration system using R-134a that operates at -30°C. It provides the operating conditions of the refrigerant and cooling water streams. The summary is: - The system uses R-134a at -34°C and 60kPa as the evaporator inlet and rejects heat to cooling water at 18°C to 26°C. - The quality of refrigerant at the evaporator inlet is 0.47. - The refrigeration load is 5.85 kW. - The COP of the refrigerator is 2.33. - With the same compressor power input of 2.513 kW, the maximum theoretical refrigeration load is 12.

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Refrigeration Load Analysis for R134a

This document summarizes a refrigeration system using R-134a that operates at -30°C. It provides the operating conditions of the refrigerant and cooling water streams. The summary is: - The system uses R-134a at -34°C and 60kPa as the evaporator inlet and rejects heat to cooling water at 18°C to 26°C. - The quality of refrigerant at the evaporator inlet is 0.47. - The refrigeration load is 5.85 kW. - The COP of the refrigerator is 2.33. - With the same compressor power input of 2.513 kW, the maximum theoretical refrigeration load is 12.

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A commercial refrigeration with refrigerant-134a as the working fluid is used to keep

the refrigerated space at -30°C by rejecting its waste heat to cooling water that enters
the condenser at 18°C at a rate of 0.25kg/s and leaves at 26°C. The refrigerant enters
the condenser at 1.2MPa and 65°C and leaves at 42°C. The inlet state of the
compressor is 60kPa and -34°C and the compressor is estimated to gain a net heat of
450W from the surroundings. Determine,
a. the quality of the refrigerant at the evaporator inlet
b. the refrigeration load
c. the COP of the refrigerator
d. the theoretical maximum refrigeration load for the same power input to the
compressor

a)

From table,

h 1,60kPa , 34C  230.03 kJ kg

h 2 ,1200kPa ,65C  295.16 kJ kg

h 3 ,f ,1200kPa , 42C  111.23 kJ kg

h 3  h 3  111.23 kJ kg
P4  60kPa

h 4  h f , 4  x 4 h fg , 4
111.23  3.841
x4   0.47
227.79
b) Using saturated liquid enthalpy at given temperature for water

h water ,1  h f ,18C  75.47 kJ kg


h water , 2  h f , 26C  108.94 kJ kg

Using energy balance:

 water h water , 2  h water ,1 


 R 134 h 2  h 3   m
m
 R 295.16  111.23  0.25108.94  75.47 
m
 R  0.0455kg / s
m

The waste heat transferred from the refrigerant are;

 m
Q H
 R 134 h 2  h 3   0.0455295.16  111.23  8.367 kW
 m
W in
 R h 2  h 1   Q   0.0455295.16  230.03  0.45kW  2.513kW
in
  
Q  Q  W  8.367  2.513  5.85kW
L H in

c)


Q 5.85
COP  L
  2.33

W 2.513
in

d)

1 1
COPmax    5.063
TH 18  273
1 1
TH  30  273

 
Q L ,max  COPmax Win  5.063  2.513  12.72 kW

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