Module 7: Activity No.

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Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Exercises Problems

Name: Pascual, Jefferson C.

Student No. 20131149296
Problems:

Problem No. 1:

Compute the refrigerating capacity of a machine in TOR and BTU/min to cool 150 packs
of beef each pack for 220 kg from 20 deg C to - 18 deg C in 8 hours. Specific heat above
freezing is given as 3.23 and below freezing as 1.68 kJ/kg deg C. Freezing point is -2.2
deg C and latent heat of fusion is 233 kJ/kg.

220 𝑘𝑔
𝑀𝑠 =
8 ℎ𝑟
𝑡𝑠 = 20℃
𝑡𝑒 = −18℃
𝑘𝐽
𝐶𝑝𝑠𝑎 = 3.23
𝑘𝑔 ⋅ ℃
𝑘𝐽
𝐶𝑝𝑠 = 1.68
𝑏 𝑘𝑔 ⋅ ℃
𝑡𝑓 = −2.2℃
𝑘𝐽
𝐿 = 233
𝑘𝑔
𝑅𝑒𝑓. 𝐶𝑎𝑝. = 𝑄12 + 𝑄23 + 𝑄34 ; 𝑀𝑠 𝐶𝑝𝑠𝑎 (𝑡𝑠 − 𝑡𝑓 ) + 𝑀𝑠 𝐿 + 𝐶𝑝𝑠𝑏 (𝑡𝑓 − 𝑡𝑒 )
220 𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝐽 ℎ𝑟 𝑘𝑊 ⋅ 𝑠
𝑅𝑒𝑓. 𝐶𝑎𝑝. = (150) ( ) [(3.23 ) (20 + 2.2)℃ + 233 + (1.68 ) (−2.2 + 18)℃] ( )( )
8 ℎ𝑟 𝑘𝑔 ⋅ ℃ 𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔 ⋅ ℃ 3600 𝑠 𝑘𝐽
𝑅𝑒𝑓. 𝐶𝑎𝑝, = 379.56 𝑘𝑊

𝑇𝑂𝑅
𝑅𝑒𝑓. 𝐶𝑎𝑝, = 379.56 𝑘𝑊 ( ) ; 𝑹𝒆𝒇. 𝑪𝒂𝒑. = 𝟏𝟎𝟕. 𝟗𝟑 𝑻𝑶𝑹
3.5167 𝑘𝑊
𝐵𝑇𝑈
200 𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑩𝑻𝑼
𝑅𝑒𝑓. 𝐶𝑎𝑝, = 107.93 𝑇𝑂𝑅 ( ) ; 𝑹𝒆𝒇. 𝑪𝒂𝒑. = 𝟐𝟏𝟓𝟖𝟔
𝑇𝑂𝑅 𝒎𝒊𝒏
Problem No. 2:

a) How much ice would be required to chill 8000 gallons of water from 220C to 80C. Ice
and water do not mix. Express answer in metric tons.

b) San Marcelino Ice Plant produces 25 metric tons of ice per day at 16 0F from water at
750F. Determine the capacity of the refrigeration plant in BTU/min and TOR.

𝑉𝑠 = 8000 𝑔𝑎𝑙
𝑡𝑠 = 22℃
𝑡𝑒 = 8℃

a.) 𝑄𝑠 + 𝑄𝑔 = 𝑄𝐼 ; 𝑄𝑔 = 0
𝑀𝑠 𝐶𝑝𝑠 (𝑡𝑠 − 𝑡𝑒 ) = 𝑀𝑖 [𝐿 + 𝐶𝑝𝑤 (𝑡𝑒 − 𝑡𝑓 )]; 𝑀𝑤 = 𝑀𝑖
𝑙𝑏 𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝐽
(8.33 ) (8000 𝑔𝑎𝑙)( ) (4.187 ) (22 − 8)℃ = 𝑀𝑖 [335 + (4.187 ) (8 − 0)℃]
𝑔𝑎𝑙 2.205𝑙𝑏 𝑘𝑔 ⋅ ℃ 𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔 ⋅ ℃
𝑚𝑡𝑜𝑛
𝑀𝑖 = 4807.56 𝑘𝑔 ; 𝑀𝑖 = (4807.56𝑘𝑔) (1000𝑘𝑔) ; 𝑴𝒊 = 𝟒. 𝟖𝟏 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒔

𝑚𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑠
𝒃. ) 𝑀𝑖 = 25
𝑑𝑎𝑦
𝑡𝑒 = 16℉
𝑡𝑖 = 75℉

𝑄𝑇 = 𝑄12 + 𝑄23 + 𝑄34

𝑚𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 2205 𝑙𝑏 𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈
𝑄12 = 𝑀𝑖 𝐶𝑝𝑤 (𝑡𝑖 − 𝑡𝑓 ) = (25 )( )( ) (1 ) (75 − 32)℉ = 98765.625
𝑑𝑎𝑦 24 ℎ𝑟𝑠 𝑚𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑏 ⋅ ℉ ℎ𝑟

𝑚𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 2205 𝑙𝑏 𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈

𝑄23 = 𝑀𝑖 𝐿 = (25 )( )( ) (144 ) = 330750
𝑑𝑎𝑦 24 ℎ𝑟𝑠 𝑚𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑏 ℎ𝑟

𝑚𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦 2205 𝑙𝑏 𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈

𝑄34 = 𝑀𝑖 𝐶𝑝𝑖 (𝑡𝑓 − 𝑡𝑒 ) = (25 )( )( ) (0.5 ) (32 − 16)℉ = 18375
𝑑𝑎𝑦 24 ℎ𝑟𝑠 𝑚𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑏 ⋅ ℉ ℎ𝑟
𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝑇𝑂𝑅
𝑄𝑇 = (98765.625 + 330750 + 18375 )( ) ; 𝑸𝑻 = 𝟑𝟕. 𝟑𝟐 𝑻𝑶𝑹
ℎ𝑟 ℎ𝑟 ℎ𝑟 𝐵𝑇𝑈
12000
ℎ𝑟
𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈 ℎ𝑟 𝑩𝑻𝑼
𝑄𝑇 = (98765.625 + 330750 + 18375 )( ) ; 𝑸𝑻 = 𝟕𝟒𝟔𝟒. 𝟖𝟒
ℎ𝑟 ℎ𝑟 ℎ𝑟 60𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝒎𝒊𝒏
Problem No. 3:

An ice plant produces 30 tons of ice per day at 8 deg F from water at 85 deg F.
a. calculate the refrigeration capacity of the plant in tons of refrigeration.
b. how much volume of cooling medium in cfm must be re-circulated if the change
in temperature is 10 deg C, specific gravity is 1.182 and specific heat is 3.05
kJ/kg0C.

a.) 𝑀𝑠 = 30𝑡𝑜𝑛
𝑡𝑠 = 85℉
𝑡𝑒 = 8℉
𝑎. 𝑟𝑒𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑝 = 𝑀𝑠 𝐶𝑝𝑠 (𝑡𝑠 − 𝑡𝑓 ) + 𝑀𝑠 𝐿 + 𝐶𝑝𝑖 (𝑡𝑓 − 𝑡𝑒 )
30𝑡𝑜𝑛 2000𝑙𝑏 𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈
𝑟𝑒𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑝 = ( )( ) [(1 ) (85 − 32) + 144 + 0.5 (32 − 8)℉]
24ℎ𝑟𝑠 1𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑏 ⋅ ℉ 𝑙𝑏 ⋅ ℉
𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝑇𝑂𝑅
𝑟𝑒𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑝 = 522500 ( ) ; 𝒓𝒆𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒑 = 𝟒𝟑. 𝟓𝟒𝑻𝑶𝑹
ℎ𝑟 12000 𝐵𝑇𝑈
ℎ𝑟
b.) 𝑀𝑠 𝐶𝑝𝑠 (𝑡𝑠 − 𝑡𝑒 ) = (𝑀𝐶𝑝 ∆𝑇)
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
𝑀𝑠 = 𝜌𝑉; 𝜌 = (𝑆𝐺𝜌𝑤 ) ; 𝜌 = 1.182 (997 3 ) = 1178.454 3
𝑚 𝑚
3.5167𝑘𝑤 𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑗
(43.54𝑇𝑂𝑅) ( ) = 1178.454 3 (𝑉) (3.05 ) (10℃)
𝑇𝑂𝑅 𝑚 𝑘𝑔℃
𝑚3 3.281𝑓𝑡 3 60𝑠 𝒇𝒕𝟑
𝑉 = 0.00426 ( ) ( ) ; 𝑽 = 𝟗. 𝟎𝟑
𝑠 𝑚 𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝒎𝒊𝒏