Module 5: Activity No.

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Experiment No. 5: Familiarization of Mini – Ice Plant Trainer

Name: MARJORIE B. ILAJAS

Student No. 20111153425

Problem:
An air-conditioning plant with a capacity of 280 kW operates between a condenser
temperature of 35 0C and evaporating temperature of 50C. Assuming simple saturation
cycle and using R- 12 as refrigerant, find the following:
a. Mass of flash gas in kg per kg refrigerant;
b. Volumetric flow rate at the suction of the compressor in m3/min;
c. Discharge temperature of compressor, 0C;
d. The bore diameter and length of stroke if volumetric efficiency is 74% and
L= 1.25D with 1400 rpm;
e. HP of compressor if adiabatic compression efficiency is 80% and mechanical
efficiency is 88%;
f. Ideal and actual COP of the cycle.
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛:
(𝑏) 𝑉!
𝑀!
(𝑎) 𝑉! = 𝑀! 𝑉!
𝑀!
𝐿 𝑚!
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒: 𝑀! = 𝑚; 𝑀! = 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑜𝑟 𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 𝑉! = 𝑉! @5℃ = 47.4853 = 0.0474853
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
𝑀! = 𝑀! + 𝑀! − 𝑒𝑞. 1
𝐸𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑝𝑦: 𝑄! = 𝑀! (ℎ! − ℎ! )
𝑘𝐽 280 = 𝑀! (353.600 − 233.498)
ℎ! = ℎ! @5℃ = 353.600
𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝑔
𝑀! = 2.33
ℎ! = ℎ! = ℎ! @35℃ = 233.498 𝑠
𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝑔 𝑚! 60𝑠
𝑉! = !2.33 ! !0.0474853 !! !
ℎ𝑓! @5℃ = 204.642 𝑘𝑔 𝑠 𝑘𝑔 𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑘𝐽
ℎ𝑔! @5℃ = 353.600 𝒎𝟑
𝑘𝑔 𝑽𝟏 = 𝟔. 𝟔𝟒
𝒎𝒊𝒏
ℎ! = ℎ𝑓! + 𝑥! ℎ𝑓𝑔!
233.498 = 204.642 + 𝑥! (353.600 − 204.642) (𝑐)
𝑥! = 0.1937 = 19.37% 𝒕𝟐 ≈ 𝟑𝟗. 𝟑℃

𝑴𝒇 𝒌𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒈𝒂𝒔
∴ = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟕
𝑴𝑹 𝒌𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕
(𝑑) (𝑓) 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝑉1 𝑉1 𝑄! 280
𝜂𝑣 = = 𝐶𝑂𝑃𝑐 = =
𝑉𝐷 𝐿𝐴𝑁 𝑇𝑃 31.22
2𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑪𝑶𝑷𝒄 = 𝟖. 𝟗𝟕
𝑁=
𝑠
2(1)(1)(1400) 𝑄! 280
𝑁= = 1400𝑟𝑝𝑚 𝐶𝑂𝑃𝑐 ! = =
2 𝐵𝑃 44.35
6.64 𝑪𝑶𝑷𝒄! = 𝟔. 𝟑𝟏
0.74 = 𝜋
(1.25𝐷) ! 𝐷 ! ! (1400)
4
𝑫 = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟗𝒎
𝑳 = 1.25(0.1869) = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟑𝟑𝟔𝒎

(𝑒)
𝑇𝑃
𝜂𝑐𝑜 =
𝐵𝑃
𝑘𝐽
𝑇𝑃 = 𝑀𝑅(ℎ2 − ℎ1) ; ℎ2 ≈ 367
𝑘𝑔

𝑇𝑃 = 2.33 (367 − 353.600) = 31.22𝑘𝑊

31.22𝑘𝑊
(0.88)(0.8) =
𝐵𝑃
𝐻𝑃
𝐵𝑃 = 44.35𝑘𝑊 𝑥
0.746𝑘𝑊
𝑩𝑷 = 𝟓𝟗. 𝟒𝟓 𝑯𝑷