MODEL QUESTION

REFRIGERATION & AIR CONDITIONING

DME 6TH SEMESTER full marks=70

Attempt any 10 questions (Fill in the blanks) 10×1=10

1.i).The relationship between COP heat pump and COP refrigerator for the same range of temperature operation
is_______________________________________________

ii)A carnot refrigerator operate between 300.3k and 273k .the fraction of cooling effect required as work
input in ______________________

iii) Air refrigerator works on _____________________cycle.

iv) the process of undercooling is generally brought about by_______________________________

v) Increase in condenser temperature keeping evaporator temp fixed ,in vapour compression refrigerating
cycle results in ______________________________________

vi) in a vapour compression refrigeration system, the effect of superheating the vapour before suction to
compression_________________________________________

vii)in a domestic vapour compression refrigerator, the refrigerant commonly used ______________

viii) compound compression system is adapted for refrigerating system to ___________________

ix) the relative humidity ,during sensible heating ___________________________

x) the by-pass factor of a cooling coil decrease with ___________________________________

xi)the difference between dry bulb and wet bulb temperature is called _________________-

xii) humidity ratio W is expressed as (PV =partial pressure of vapour, Pa =partial pressure of
air)____________________________________________

2) State TRUE or FALSE (any ten) 10×1=10

i) Freon group of refrigerants are non-inflammable

ii) For obtaining high COP, the pressure range of compressor should be low.

iii) Cooling water is required in ammonia absorption plant as condenser.

iv) Rating of a domestic refrigerator is of the order of 0.1 ton.

v) In a lithium bromide absorption refrigeration system Water is used as a refrigerant and lithium
bromide as an absorbent

vi) one of the many desirable property of a refrigerant is low boiling point .

vii) The minimum temperature to which water can be cooled in a cooling tower is Dew point temperature of
air

viii) A bootstrap air cooling system has three heat exchanger.

ix) Critical temperature is the temperature above which a gas will never liquefy.

x) The constant enthalpy lines are also constant wet bulb temperature lines.
xi)  For better C.O.P of refrigerator, the pressure range corresponding to temperature in evaporator and
condenser must be small.

xii) The specific humidity during heating and humidification process increases.

ATTEMPT ANY FIVE QUESTIONS 5×10=50

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3.a) A surrounding air having DBT 38 C and RH 60% is converted to conditioned air

having DBT 260 C and WBT 24 0C. Plot the process on psychrometric chart and

find out following properties of conditioned air : (1) Relative Humidity (2) Specific

humidity

b) List factors affecting on Human comfort

c) List different types of Psycrometer. 6+2+2=10

4.a)An ice plant produce 12 tonnes of ice per day at 00C using water at room temperature of 150C . if the
C.O.P of the plant is 2.6 and overall electromechanical efficiency is 87%.determine the power rating of the
compressor motor. Take specific heat of the water as 4.18 kj/kg k and latent heat of ice is 335 kj/kg.

b)Derive an expression for C.O.P for an air-refrigeration system working on reverse brayton cycle.(7+3=10)

5. a)Describe a simple vapour compression cycle giving clearly its flow diagram.

b)In a standard vapour compression cycle ,operating between an evaporator temp. of -10 0C and condenser
temp 400C ,the enthalpy of the refrigerant Freon-12,at the end of the compression is 220kj/kg .show the
diagram on T-S plane.

Calculate : i) C.O.P of the cycle .ii)refrigerating capacity and the compressor power assuming a refrigerant
flow rate of 1kg/min. Freon -12 property table given below.

t(0c) P(MPa) hf(kj/kg) hg (kj/kg)

-10 0.2191 26.85 183.1
40 0.9607 74.53 203.1
(4+6=10)

6. a) discuss the effect of the following on the performance of a vapour compression system .i) effect of
suction pressure ii) effect of delivery pressure iii)effect of sub-cooling of liquid

b) A Bell-Coleman refrigerator operates between pressure limits of 1 bar and 8 bar. air is drawn from cold
chamber at 90C ,compressed and then cooled to 290C before entering the expansion cylinder. Expansion and
compression follow the law pv1.35=constant. calculate the theoretical C.O.P of the system. For air take =‫ץ‬
1.4 ,Cp=1.003 kj/kg k (6+4=10)

7.a)state merits and demerits of an air refrigeration system.

b)Describe the working of a simple air cycle cooling system used for aircrafts.
c)A cold storage plant is required to store 20 tonnes of fish . the temperature of the fish when supplied =25 0C
storage temperature of fish=-80C ,specific heat of fish above freezing point =2.93kj/kg 0C
specific heat of fish below freezing point=1.25 kj/ kg 0C, freezing point of fish=-30C
latent heat of fish=232kj/kg ,if the cooling is achieved within 8 hours find out.
i)capacity of the refrigerating plant ii)Carnot cycle C.O.P between this temp range iii) if the actual C.O.P is
1/3 of the Carnot C.O.P ,find out the power required to run the plant (3+7=10)
8) a)what are advantage of compound compression with intercooler over single stage compression.
b) Draw a comparison vapour compression system and vapour absorption system.
c)explain briefly with a net diagram practical vapour absorption system. (3+3+4=10)

9)a)write down the chemical formula for the following refrigerants: R-11,R-12,R22,R-717
b)Discuss the physical and thermodynamic properties of the above refrigerants and how leaks are detected in
each case.
c)Enumerate desirable properties of an ideal refrigerants (2+5+3=10)
10) a) define the following terms : i) wet bulb temperature ii)dew point temperature iii) relative humidity
b) Describe briefly any two of the following process: i)sensible heating ii)cooling and dehumidification iii)
heating and humidification iv) heating and dehumidification
c)the air supplied to a room of a building in winter is to be at 17 0C and have a relative humidity of 60%. If
the barometric pressure is 1.01325bar find i) the specific humidity ii)the dew point under these condition
(3+3+4=10)
11) a) what is psychrometry? write a short note on by-pass factor
b)atmospheric air at 3800C and 25 % relative humidity passes through an evaporative cooler . if the final
temperature of air is 18 C,how much water is added per kg of dry air and what is the final relative humidity?
(3+7=10)