School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, NUST

ME-332 Heat Transfer & HVAC Lab (Spring 2023)

Exp. 8: Heat Pump:

Objectives:
• To determine the input power, heating effect, cooling effect and performance co-
efficient of heat pump using air as heat source ( air-air heat pump)
Learning outcomes:
• To draw the vapor compression cycle on P-h chart
• To determine both the heat absorbed by the refrigerant in evaporator and heat rejected
in condenser using P-h chart
• To determine the co-efficient of performance of heat pump
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ME-332 Heat Transfer & HVAC Lab (Spring 2023)

Procedure:
• Switch on the main power supply
• Switch on the power button (red on control panel)
• Configure the valves in such a way that both air evaporator and air condenser can be
used for performing the experiment
• Switch on both the fans and adjust the rotational control knobs to set the speed of both
the fans. Set the condenser fan at full speed for better heat rejection in condenser
• Switch on the compressor and leave the compressor to run for a while so that a steady
state condition is reached in the system. A steady state is evident from the fact that the
temperature at the outlet of the compressor T1 stops rising.
• Record the refrigerant temperatures from T1to T4, and air temperatures from T8 to T10
and also read the pressures from four gauges.
• On reading the pressure from pressure gauges 1 bar must be added to the value read to
obtain the actual pressure.
• Turn the compressor off.
• Calculate the cooling effect, C.O.P of heat pump and refrigerator, heat rejection by
refrigerator in condenser and draw the process in 𝑃 − ℎ chart making suitable
assumptions

NOTE: MAKE SURE TO TURN OFF THE COMPRESSOR, FANS AND POWER
SWITCH ON THE CONTROL PANEL BEFORE CLOSING THE MAIN POWER
SUPPLY AFTER PERFORMING THE EXPERIMENT.

Data Recording (3):

Table 1:

Temperature Sensor Reading

T1

T2

T3

T4

T8

T9

T10
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ME-332 Heat Transfer & HVAC Lab (Spring 2023)

Table 2:
Refrigerant flow rate
Pressure after Condenser
Pressure after Expansion
Pressure after Evaporator
Pressure after Compressor

Table 3:
Identifiers Value
compressor power
air inlet temperature to evaporator
air outlet temperature to evaporator
air Inlet temperature to Condenser
air outlet temperature to Condenser
C.O.P used as Heat Pump
C.O.P used as refrigerator

Task (5):

Q no 1: Draw the process on P-h chart (R-134a).

Q no 2: From P-h chart determine the heat absorbed and heat released by the refrigerant inevaporator and

condenser. (Attach calculation sheet)

Q no 3: Determine the power input from the P-h chart and compare it with experimentalvalues. Also find the

percentage difference (Attach calculation sheet)

Q no 4: Using heat values from Q no 2 and power input of compressor in table, determinethe COP of heat pump

and refrigerator. (Attach calculation sheet)

Q no 5: What do you conclude from the values of COPs in Q no 4?

Discussion (2):