Module 3: Activity No.

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Experiment No. 3:

Name: Devillena, Marianne Angel

Student No.: 20190150631
Problem No. 1:
Determine the amount of heat removed from 3 liters of water used for this experiment.
Express answer in kW and use density of water = 1 kg/liter.

𝑄𝑠 = 𝑀𝑠 [𝐶𝑝𝑤 (𝑡𝑠 − 𝑡𝑓 ) + 𝐿 + 𝐶𝑝𝑖 (𝑡𝑓 − 𝑡𝑒 )]

3𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝐽
𝑄𝑠 = [4.187 (30.1°𝐶 − 0°𝐶 ) + 335 + 2.093 (0°𝐶 + 0.2°𝐶 )]
4 ℎ𝑟 𝑘𝑔 − 𝐾 𝑘𝑔 − 𝐾 𝑘𝑔 − 𝐾
𝑘𝐽 1ℎ𝑟
𝑄𝑠 = 429.940 ( )
ℎ𝑟 3600𝑠
𝑄𝑠 = 0.11943 𝑘𝑊

Problem No. 2:
How do you improve the COP? Explain each method briefly.
1. Improvement by adding flash chamber
Unwanted vapors are produced during the expansion process. This undesired vapor is
completely inactive in the evaporator when it comes to absorbing latent heat.
There are baffle plates in the flash chamber on which the mixer from the expansion device
strikes, separating the vapor and liquid.
Unwanted vapor is sent straight to the compressor, while only liquid is sent to the
evaporator. The addition of a flash chamber has no influence on the cooling effect. The
amount of work given to the compressor remains constant, as does the COP. The only
result obtained is a reduction in the length of the evaporator pipe.
Between the expansion device and the evaporator, a flash chamber is inserted. An
insulating tank is a flash chamber. When our vapor compression cycle has a fixed load,
a flash chamber is added to the plant.
2. Improvement by adding Accumulator
Between the expansion device and the evaporator is an insulated tank called an
accumulator. This system's block diagram is shown in the figure.
Strikes on baffle plates are caused by unwanted vapor generated during the expansion
process. When the evaporator's load is low, it also provides a mixture of liquid and vapor.
The baffle plate is also struck by this mixture.
The liquid refrigerant and the vapor refrigerant are separated in the accumulator. Only
liquid was provided to the evaporator via the accumulator. It also solely provided vapor to
the compressor. When the load on our vapor compression cycle changes, we add an
accumulator to the system.
3. Improvement by Sub-cooling of liquid refrigerant by using vapors of refrigerant
The vapor of the refrigerant is used to sub-cool the liquid refrigerant. Between the
condenser and the expansion device is a heat exchanger. One pipe of liquid at 45 degrees
Celsius is flowing via a heat exchanger, while another line of vapor refrigerant at -10
degrees Celsius is flowing.
Liquid rejects its heat energy to vapor refrigerants, resulting in sub-cooling. This increases
the plant's COP.
4. Improvement by Sub-cooling of liquid refrigerant by using liquid refrigerant:
Subcooling of liquid refrigerant is accomplished using liquid refrigerant in this approach.
Between the condenser and the expansion device is a heat exchanger.
One line transports liquid refrigerant with a temperature of 45 degrees Celsius, while
another transports liquid refrigerant with a temperature of -10 degrees Celsius. After
expansion, a portion of this liquid is extracted. If a heat exchanger liquid with a
temperature of 45 degrees Celsius transfers heat energy to a partial temperature of -10
degrees Celsius, heat transfer occurs.
After absorbing heat energy, the liquid evaporates at -10 degrees Celsius and is fed
directly to the compressor.