PCC-ME-307 REFRIGERATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING B.

Tech (Mechanical
Engineering) V Semester
No. of Credits: 3 Sessional: 25 Marks L T P Total
Theory: 75 Marks 3 0 0 3 Total : 100 Marks
Duration of Exam: 3 Hours Pre- Requisite: Thermodynamics Successive: Air Conditioning
Equipments Course Objectives:
To familiarize with refrigeration systems and Air Conditioning.
Course Outcomes (COs): At the end of the course, the student shall be able to: CO 1-
Understand the air refrigeration, vapour compression refrigeration, vapour absorption, steam jet
refrigeration systems and different type of refrigerants. CO 2- Expedite the working of single
stage, multistage and cascade refrigeration. CO 3-Have knowledge of psychrometry and
different psychrometric processes. Understand and evaluate cooling and heating load and design
of HVAC system. CO 4- Develop and design RAC systems and evaluate different expansion
and control devices.
Course Contents:
Unit 1: Classification of refrigeration systems Advanced vapour compression cycles,
Refrigerants and their mixtures: properties and characteristics - Ozone depletion and global
warming issues –
Unit 2: System components Compressors, Condensers, Expansion devices and Evaporators
-Performance matching of components of refrigeration systems,Advanced absorption
refrigeration systems and their components.
Unit 3: Review of Psychrometry and Air-conditioning processes Comfort air conditioning
andCooling load calculations - Applications of AC systems –
Unit 4: Concept of enthalpy potential Airwashers, Cooling towers, Evaporative condensers,
Cooling and dehumidifying coils.

Text Books: 1. Gosney, W.B, Principles of Refrigeration, Cambridge University Press, 1982. 2.
Stoecker, W.F. and Jones, J.W., Refrigeration and Air conditioning, Tata McGraw Hill, 1986. 3.
Arora, C.P., Refrigeration and Air conditioning, Tata McGraw Hill, 2nd Edition, 2000. 4. Kuehn,
T.H., Ramsey, J.W. and Threlkeld, J.L., Thermal Environmental Engineering, 3rd