LEARNING OUTCOME

1. To evaluate the compressor performance by determining the isentropic and

volumetric efficiencies.
2. To evaluate the behavior of isentropic efficiency against varying pressure ratio.

ME 53
ME Laboratory 3
REPORT NUMBER ME 153-04

TEMPERATURE-PRESSURE RELATIONSHIP

I. Objective:
1. To evaluate the compressor performance by determining the isentropic and
volumetric efficiencies.
2. To evaluate the behavior of isentropic efficiency against varying pressure ratio.

II. Equipment, Instruments and Apparatuses:

1. Refrigeration cycle trainer.
2. About 7 liters of clean water (preferably de-mineralized or de-ionized) at
about 20-23OC.
3. Pressure-Enthalpy chart for R-134a.
4. Pencil
5. Ruler
6. A suitable cloth to clean up water spills

III. Set up:

1. Study the pictures and illustrations below:
Fig. 1 Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycle Trainer
Refrigerant Temperature Water Temperature
and Pressure LCD Screen LCD Screen
Low
Pressure/Temperature
Gauge
High
Pressure/Temperature
Gauge

Low-side Pressure
Transducer High-side & Low-side
Pressure Switch
High-side Pressure
Transducer
Take note that, from the diagram above, water circulates between the evaporator and the
condenser through the water pump.
IV. Procedure

1. Make sure the unit is plugged in and the main switch is ON.

2. lf an experiment has not been run immediately prior to starting this experiment,
fill the two tanks with water at 20-23OC and run the pump and compressor for about
15 minutes.

3. Once the previous experiment is finished. Switch OFF the compressor and the
pump. Drain the tanks.

4. Turn the pump OFF once both tanks are completely drained.

5. Fill the two water tanks with fresh water at 20-23OC, up to the lower surface of
the water tank's top plate.

6. Switch the pump ON and run the system until both tanks are at a similar
temperature'. TW1 ≈ TW2. CAUTTON: Once the pump is switched on, the water level
in the right hand tank will drop. Top the tank back up to the lower surface of its
top plate.

7. Switch the compressor ON

8. Leave the unit to run until the temperature difference between the two tanks is
stable.

9. Take the first data as shown in the tabulation below.

10. Switch the pump OFF and leave the compressor running.

11. Take two more data sets at TW1 = 35OC and again at TW2 = 40OC.

12. Record the measured values as shown in the table below while the hot water tank
is heating up.

13. When everything is over, switch the compressor off and drain the tanks to dry.

V. Data and Analysis

Pump ON Pump OFF

PARAMETER SYMBOL
TW1 = 30 TW1 = 35 TW1 = 40
Cold water tank temperature, OC TW2 22.1 17.8 15.3
Water temperature difference, OC ΔTW

Low-side Pressure, Bar gauge PLOW 2.41 2.15 2.14

High-side Pressure, Bar gauge PHIGH 11.15 12.6 13.3

Suction-line temperature, OC TR1 6.3 3.9 3.7

Discharge-line temperature, OC TR2 59.3 57.6 57.7
 Results Analysis:

1. Use the Pressure-Enthalpy chart to find the other properties of R134a including
specific enthalpy (hR1, hR2) and specific entropy (sR1, sR2) under measured values of
refrigerant temperature and pressure.

2. Calculate the work input of actual compression process.

(For actual work of compression, see Experiment No. 1)

3. Use the Pressure-Enthalpy chart to find the enthalpy of the final state point (h2s) of
an isentropic compression. Do this by drawing an entropy line passing over the initial
state point (TR1, PLOW_ABS) to cut the pressure line at PHIGH_ABS. Read the value of
specific entropy (h2s).

4. Calculate the work input of the isentropic compression process.

5. Determine the isentropic efficiency of the compressor.

6. Repeat the analysis of isentropic efficiencies for various water temperature

differences between the hot and cold tanks.

7. Plot a graph to demonstrate the variation of these efficiencies with pressure ratio.

Equations:

1. Isentropic work of compression, ws = hR2s - hR1

ws hR2s - hR1
2. Isentropic efficiency of compressor, ns = =
wc hR2 - hR1

PHIGH _ ABS
3. Pressure ratio, Pratio =
PLOW _ ABS

  1 
  
1  PHIGH _ ABS  n
4. Volumetric efficiency of compressor, nv = 0.97 - C  - 1
  Z2   PLOW _ ABS  
  Z1   
    

5. Where: C = Percent clearance = 10%

n = Polytropic constant = 1.35
Z2
= Compressibility factor ratio = 0.9
Z1

VI. Computations:
 Fill the blank cells in the tabulations below based on the computations.

Calculated Results
PARAMETER SYMBOL
TW1 = 30OC TW1 = 35OC TW1 = 40OC

Pressure ratio Pratio

Actual compression work, kJ/kg wc

Isentropic compression work, kJ/kg ws

Isentropic Efficiency, % ns

Efficiency TW1 = 30OC TW1 = 35OC TW1 = 40OC

Isentropic efficiency, ns

Volumetric efficiency, nv

Graph for Result Analysis number 7:

100

90
Isentropic and volumetric efficiencies

80

70

60

50

40
3.0 3.2 3.4 4.6 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.0

Ratio of high and low-side pressures

VII. Discussion and Conclusion:

VIII. Research Questions:

1. What is an absorption refrigeration system? Explain.

IX. References:
Book title, Author, Publisher, Edition, page/pages
Internet website.

Prepared by: Reviewed by: Approved:

ABRAHAM P. APILADO ROY N. LAQUIDAN LORENZO L. BACANI

Instructor/Professor Program Chair Dean/Director
August 3, 2021 August 10, 2021 August 10, 2021