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A 50 kW Reversed Carnot (Refrigeration) Cycle has a condenser temperature of 30 deg C and an evaporator
temperature of 5 deg C. Determine the compressor power required.
A. 4.5 kW B. 5 kW C. 5.5 kW D. 6 kW
2. A heat pump can give off 15 kJ/s of heat into a space. It requires 3 kW of compressor work. As a refrigeration
system, what is the coefficient of performance?
A. 6 B. 3 C. 5 D. 4
3. Determine the quality of the refrigerant entering the evaporator of a refrigeration system at - 10 deg C (hf =
154.056 kJ/kg ; hg = 1 450.22 kJ/kg). The refrigerant leaves the condenser at 346 kJ/kg, enthalpy.
4. A refrigeration system operates on a Reversed Carnot Cycle. The minimum and maximum temperatures are
minus 25 deg C and plus 72 deg C, respectively. If the heat rejected at the condenser is 6 000 kJ/min. Find the tons
of refrigeration developed.
5. A Reversed Carnot Cycle has a refrigeration COP of 4. What is the ratio Tmax/Tmin? If the work is 6 kW.
6. A household refrigerator with a COP of 1.2 removes heat from the refrigerated space at a rate of 60 kJ/min.
Determine the rate of heat transfer to the kitchen air in kJ/min.
7. A heat pump is used to maintain a house at a constant temperature of 23 0C. The house is losing heat to the
outside air through the walls and the windows at a rate of 60 000 kJ/h while the energy generated within the
house from people, lights, and appliances amounts to 4 000 kJ/h. For a COP of 2.5, determine the required power
input to the heat pump.
8. The enthalpy at the entrance and exit of the condenser are 1 850 kJ/kg and 450 kJ/kg, respectively. The
compressor has an enthalpy of 1 550 kJ/kg at the entrance. Determine the COP.
9. The refrigerating effect of 100 TOR is 120 kJ/kg. Determine the mass flow rate of the refrigerant.
10. What is the hp required per TOR for a refrigeration system operating between the standard temperature limits
of - 15 deg C and 30 deg C?
11. An evaporator has a temperature of 3 deg C with entrance enthalpy of 352.75 kJ/kg. At 3 deg C, hf = 319.56 kJ
and hg = 642.45 kJ/kg. Find the quality of the refrigerant after expansion.
13. The heat rejected from condenser is 300 kW. The water required to cool the refrigerant is 5 Lps. Determine the
temperature of water leaving the condenser if water enters 25 deg C.
14. An air standard compressor has a specific volume of 0.0482 m3/kg at entrance and 0.017 m3/kg at the exit. If
volumetric efficiency is 90 %, determine the percent clearance of the compressor.
A. 3 B. 7 C. 5 D. 9
15. An ice plant produces 10 tons of ice per day at - 8 deg C from water at 29 deg C if the miscellaneous losses are
16 % of chilling and freezing load. Determine the refrigeration capacity of the plant in tons of refrigeration.
16. An insulated vessel contains 2 L of water at 15 deg C. A block of ice of mass 0.2 kg at - 20 deg C is placed in the
water. What is the equilibrium temperature?
17. A cold storage is supplied with 10 000 kg of fish at a temperature of 20 deg C. The fish has to be cooled to - 10
deg C for preserving it for a long period without deterioration. The cooling takes place in 10 hours. The specific
heat of fish is 2.9 kJ/kg - K above freezing point and 1.25 kJ/kg - K below freezing point which is - 3 deg C. The
latent heat of freezing is 235 kJ/kg. Find the refrigeration capacity of the plant in tons.
18. A mass of ice at - 4 deg C is needed to cool 110 kg of vegetables in a bunker, for 24 hours. The initial
temperature of the vegetables is assumed to be 30 deg C. It is also assumed that the average temperature inside
the bunker is 7 deg C, within 24-hour period. If the heat gained per hour in the bunker is 30% of the heat removed
to cool the vegetables from 30 deg C to 7 deg C, what is the required mass of ice?
1.5 L/s of milk cooled from 27 deg C to 5 deg C with specific heat of 3.77 kJ/kg - K and specific gravity of 1.03. The
heat or leakage into the storage is 60 kJ/s. Determine the refrigeration load of the plant in tons.
20. The refrigeration system used in an Ice Plant has a COP of 4 and it requires 30 kW of compressor power. The
miscellaneous losses are taken as 20 % of the total heat load. Determine the ice produced in 16 hours operation
from water at 30 0C into an ice at - 6 deg C.