ME3484

Experiment No. 3
Study and Demonstration of Refrgeration Cycle unit
Name: Karteek Kashyap Josyula
ME20B092

Aim:
• To study the refrigeration unit and various processes taking place
• To determine the effect of condensing temperature on Refrigeration Rate and
condenser Heat Output
• To Determine the effect of Compressor Pressure Ratio on Refrigeration Rate and
Condenser Heat Output
• To Determine the Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient between R141B and water in
Evaporator and Condenser

Apparatus:
• A refrigeration unit that incorporates: a compressor, condenser, evaporator, expansion
valve, charging valve, sight glass, and oil return capillary.
• Instruments used include pressure gauges, thermometers, thermocouples and flow
meters.

Description:
A vertical glass cylinder with plated metal end plates serves as the evaporator.
Water is pumped through a pool of refrigerant in the cylinder using a copper tube coil that is
helical in shape.
The refrigerant boils at temperature when the compressor pulls vapour out of the evaporator,
lowering its pressure.
The heat needed for boiling is drawn from the environment and to a lesser amount from the
water running through the copper coil.
As a result, the temperature of the water going through the evaporator decreases.
The condenser is a vertical glass cylinder with end plates made of plated metal, with the upper
plate holding the helical coil that the cooling water passes through.
After transmitting heat to the cooling water, the vapour that enters the condenser passes
through condensation, raising the temperature of the water.
The high-pressure liquid is cooled and collected at the condenser's base, where its level
regulates a float operator expansion valve.
As soon as the valve reaches equilibrium, refrigerant is discharged to the evaporator at the
same rate at which it is generated. The temperature rises as the refrigerant's pressure
decreases. Bubbles start to form when the temperature drops, and these bubbles may be seen
via the sight glass. As a result, there are two phases of refrigerant entering the evaporator.The
process then resumes as the liquid there vaporises once again before returning to the
compressor.
VCRS Cycle Schematic Diagram:

Procedure:
• Switch on the cooling water supply
• Start the unit for normal operation
• Set the condenser cooling water flow rate to 30 gm/s
• Set the evaporator flow rate to 10 gm/s
• Set the refrigerant flow rate to 0.6 gm/s
• Allow the unit to run for around 20 minutes so that it reaches a steady state
• Observe and record all the system parameters as illustrated in Table 1
• Repeat this experiment for different refrigerant mass flow rates say, (0.6, 0.8, 1, and
1.2 gm/s)
• After the experiment is completed, shut down the system at its normal operating
condition and keep valves in accordance with the above shown figure
Table:

Graphs:

Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient in

Condensor V/s Pressure Ratio
4.40000
4.38000
4.36000
4.34000
4.32000
4.30000
4.28000
4.26000
4.24000
4.22000
4.20000
0.00 200.00 400.00 600.00 800.00 1000.00 1200.00 1400.00 1600.00
 Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient in Evaporator
V/s Pressure Ratio
4.40000
4.38000
4.36000
4.34000
4.32000
4.30000
4.28000
4.26000
4.24000
4.22000
4.20000
0.00 100.00 200.00 300.00 400.00 500.00 600.00

Heat Transfer Coefficient in condensor

V/s Refrigerant Mass flow rate
12.00000

10.00000

8.00000

6.00000

4.00000

2.00000

0.00000
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6

Heat Transfer Coefficient in evaporator V/s

Refrigerant Mass flow rate
600.00

500.00

400.00

300.00

200.00

100.00

0.00
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6
Conclusion:
It is observed that the heat dissipated to cooling water increases with an increase in rate of
mass flow.