LEARNING OUTCOME

1. To compare the performance between an actual refrigeration or heat pump cycle with
a reversed Carnot cycle.

ME 53
ME Laboratory 3

REPORT NUMBER ME 153-05

TEMPERATURE-PRESSURE RELATIONSHIP

I. Objective:

1. To compare the performance between an actual refrigeration or heat pump cycle

with a reversed Carnot cycle.

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. If 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 pump OFF.

8. Switch the compressor ON and observe until the hot water tank temperature, TW1
shows a temperature of 40OC.

9. Record the results in the blank result table below and as shown.

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

V. Data and Analysis

PARAMETER SYMBOL Hot Water Tank Temperature, TW1 = 40OC

Cold water tank temperature, OC TW2 16.5

Low-side Pressure, Bar gauge PLOW 2.22

High-side Pressure, Bar gauge PHIGH 13.18

Suction-line temperature, OC TR1 4.4

Discharge-line temperature, OC TR2 61.8

TEV inlet temperature, OC TR3 48.8

TEV outlet temperature, OC TR4 5.8

 Results Analysis:

1. Calculate the heating and cooling COPs of the refrigeration cycle as instructed using
the equations in Activity 1.

2. Calculate the heating and cooling COPs of the reversed Carnot cycle using equations
below with heat source temperature TA ≈ TW2 and heat sink temperature TB ≈ TW1.

3. Compare COPs between the actual refrigeration cycle and the reversed Carnot cycle.

Equations:

1. Cooling Coefficient Of Performance of Reversed Carnot Cycle, COP C_Carnot

qC _ Carnot TA
2. COPC_Carnot = =
wCarnot TB - TA

3. Heating Coefficient Of Performance of Reversed Carnot Cycle, COP H_Carnot

qH _ Carnot TB
4. COPH_Carnot = =
wCarnot TB - TA

VI. Computations:

Fill the blank cells in the tabulations below based on the computations.

Performance of Actual Refrigeration or Heat Pump Cycle SYMBOL Results

Refrigerating effect, kJ/kg qC

Heating effect, kJ/kg qH

Cooling coefficient of performance COPC

Heating coefficient of performance COPH

Performance of the Reversed Carnot Cycle working at the same

heat source temperature TA = TW2 = 16.5OC and heat sink temperature TB = TW1 = 40OC

Cooling coefficient of performance of reversed Carnot cycle COPC_Carnot =

Heating coefficient of performance of reversed Carnot cycle COPH_Carnot =

 Prepare a Bar Chart to compare the COP of actual cycle against the COP of Carnot cycle
for both cooling and heating.

14.0
0

12.0
0
Isentropic and volumetric efficiencies

8.00

6.00

4.00

2.00

0.00

Use different colors for actual and Carnot cycles

VII. Discussion and Conclusion:

VIII. Research Questions:

1. With the aid of illustration, discuss the reversed Carnot cycle refrigeration system.

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