Module 7: Activity No.

2
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Exercises Problems

Name: MATEO, NAURENCE RICHMOND A.

Student No. 20121141002
Problems:

Problem No. 1:

a) A Carnot refrigerator has a working temp of – 5 deg C and 33 deg C. If it operates

with R 22 as a working substance and using its properties, calculate the work net,
refrigerating effect, heat rejected per kg of the refrigerant and COP of the cycle.
b) What is the power consumption in HP per TOR and heat rejected to the surroundings
in kW per TOR of refrigerator in (a)?

𝑺𝑶𝑳𝑼𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵:

𝑅 𝑅𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡
𝑘𝑗
ℎ = ℎ @ 33°𝐶 = 415.207
𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝑗
ℎ = ℎ @ 33°𝐶 = 240.520
𝑘𝑔
ℎ = ℎ +𝑥 ℎ ; @-5ºC
𝑘𝑗 𝑘𝑗
ℎ = 194.176 ; ℎ = 403.496
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝑗 𝑘𝑗
ℎ = ℎ − ℎ = 403.496 − 194.176
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝑗
ℎ = 209.32
𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝑗
𝑠 = 𝑠 = 𝑠 @33°𝐶 = 1.70826
𝑘𝑔 ∗ 𝐾
𝑠 = 𝑠 + 𝑥 𝑠
𝑠 = 0.97870 ; 𝑠 = 1.75928
∗ ∗
𝑘𝑗 𝑘𝑗
𝑠 =𝑠 − 𝑠 = 1.75928 − 0.97870
𝑘𝑔 ∗ 𝐾 𝑘𝑔 ∗ 𝐾
𝑘𝑗
𝑠 = 0.78058
𝑘𝑔 ∗ 𝐾

𝑠 = 𝑠 + 𝑥 𝑠
1.70826 = 0.97870 + (𝑥 )(0.78058 )
∗ ∗ ∗
𝑥 = 0.9346 = 93.46%
 𝑘𝑗 𝑘𝑗
ℎ = 194.176 + (0.9346)(209.32 )
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝑗
ℎ = 389.8065
𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝑗
𝑠 = 𝑠 = 𝑠 @33°𝐶 = 1.13768
𝑘𝑔 ∗ 𝐾
𝑠 = 𝑠 + 𝑥 𝑠
1.13768 = 0.97870 + (𝑥 )(0.78058 )
∗ ∗ ∗
𝑥 = 0.2037 = 20.37%

ℎ = ℎ +𝑥 ℎ
𝑘𝑗 𝑘𝑗
ℎ = 194.176 + (0.2037)(209.32 )
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝑗
ℎ = 236.8145
𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝑗 𝑘𝑗
𝑊 = ℎ − ℎ = 415.207 − 389.8065
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝑗
𝑊 = 25.4005
𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝑗 𝑘𝑗
𝑊 = ℎ − ℎ = 240.520 − 236.8145
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝑗
𝑊 = 3.7055
𝑘𝑔

a)
𝑊 = 𝑊 − 𝑊
𝑘𝑗 𝑘𝑗
𝑊 = 25.4005 − 3.7055
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
𝒌𝒋
𝑾𝒏𝒆𝒕 = 𝟐𝟏. 𝟔𝟗𝟓
𝒌𝒈
𝑄 = ℎ − ℎ = 389.8065 − 236.8145
𝒌𝒋
𝑸𝑨 = 𝟏𝟓𝟐. 𝟗𝟗𝟐
𝒌𝒈
𝑄 = ℎ − ℎ = 415.207 − 240.520
𝒌𝒋
𝑸𝑹 = 𝟏𝟕𝟒. 𝟔𝟖𝟕
𝒌𝒈
.
COP = = = 7.05
.
b)
COP =
 .
7.05=
𝑘𝑊 1𝐻𝑃
𝑊 = 0.4988
𝑇𝑂𝑅 0.746𝑘𝑊
𝑯𝑷
𝑾𝒏𝒆𝒕 = 𝟎. 𝟔𝟔𝟖𝟔
𝑻𝑶𝑹
𝑄 = 𝑊 +𝑄
𝑘𝑊 𝑘𝑊
𝑄 = 0.4988 + 3.5167
𝑇𝑂𝑅 𝑇𝑂𝑅
𝒌𝑾
𝑸𝑹 = 𝟒. 𝟎𝟏𝟓𝟓
𝑻𝑶𝑹

Problem No. 2:
A refrigerating system operates on the Reversed Carnot Cycle. The highest temp of
refrigerant in the system is 140 dg F and the lower temp is 15 dg F. The capacity is to
be 25 tons. Neglect all losses and determine: (a) COP for heating (b) The heat rejected
from the system in BTU/min per ton of refrigeration (c) The work net inHp per ton of
refrigeration.

𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏:
𝑇 = 140°𝐹 + 460 = 600°𝑅
𝑇 = 15°𝐹 + 460 = 475°𝑅
𝑄 = 25 𝑇𝑂𝑁𝑆

𝑹𝒆𝒒’𝒅:
a) 𝐶𝑂𝑃
b) 𝑄 ( )

c) 𝑊 ( )
𝑺𝑶𝑳𝑼𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵:
°
𝐴. 𝐶𝑂𝑃 = =
° °
𝑪𝑶𝑷𝒉 = 4.8

𝑄 = 𝑇 ΔS
𝑄 = 𝑇 ΔS
25 𝑇𝑂𝑅 = 475°𝑅ΔS
𝐵𝑇𝑈
ΔS = 10.53
𝑚𝑖𝑛°𝑅
𝑄 = 600°𝑅 (10.53 )
°
𝐵𝑇𝑈
𝑄 = 6318
𝑚𝑖𝑛°𝑅
 °
𝐶𝑂𝑃 = =
° °
𝐶𝑂𝑃 = 3.8
COP =

3.8 =

c)
52.63 𝐵𝑇𝑈 ( 1𝐻𝑃
)
𝑚𝑖𝑛 42.4𝐵𝑇𝑈
𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑊 =
𝑇𝑂𝑅
𝑯𝑷
𝑾𝒏𝒆𝒕 = 𝟏. 𝟐𝟒𝟏𝟑
𝑻𝑶𝑹

b)

𝑊 =𝑄 − 𝑄
𝐵𝑇𝑈 𝐵𝑇𝑈
52.63 = 200 − 𝑄
𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑛
252.63
𝑄 =
𝑇𝑂𝑅
𝑩𝑻𝑼
𝑸𝑹 = 𝟐𝟓𝟐. 𝟔𝟑 𝒎𝒊𝒏
𝑻𝑶𝑹

Problem No. 3:
There are required 1.2 kJ/sec per ton of refrigeration for a Carnot refrigerator to
maintain a low temperature region at 250 K. If the refrigerator is producing 4 TOR. Find:
(a) power requirements in HP; (b) high temperature limit in K; (c) heat rejected in
BTU/min and (d) COP for cooling and heating.

𝐴.
1.2 𝐻𝑃
𝑊 = (4𝑇𝑂𝑅) = 4.8𝑘𝑤 = 𝟑. 𝟓𝟖
𝑇𝑂𝑅 0.746𝑘𝑤
𝑏.
3.5167𝑘𝑤
𝑄 = 4𝑇𝑂𝑅 = 14.07𝑘𝑤
𝑇𝑂𝑅
𝑄 14.07𝑘𝑤
𝐶𝑂𝑃 = = = 2.93
𝑊 4.8𝑘𝑤
250
2.93 =
𝑇 − 250
 𝑻𝒉 = 𝟑𝟑𝟓. 𝟑𝟐𝒌
𝑐.
𝑄 = 𝑇 ∆𝑆
𝐵𝑇𝑈
4𝑇𝑂𝑅(200 ) = 250𝑘∆𝑆
𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝐵𝑇𝑈
∆𝑆 = 3.2
𝑚𝑖𝑛. 𝑘
𝐵𝑇𝑈
𝑄 = 335.32𝑘(3.2 )
𝑚𝑖𝑛. 𝑘
𝐵𝑇𝑈
𝑄 = 1073.024
𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑇 250
𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑝 = = = 𝟐. 𝟗𝟑
𝑇 −𝑇 335.32 − 250
𝑇 335.32
ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑝 = = = 𝟑. 𝟗𝟑
𝑇 −𝑇 335.32 − 250
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