TOPIC OUTLINE OBJECTIVES

PARTS AND AUXILLIARY IDENTIFY THE PARTS

OF MINI ICE PLANT AND AUXILLIARY OF
TYPES OF ICE MAKING MINI ICE PLANT
EFFICIENCY DEFINEF ICE MAKING TO
ITS DIFFERENT TYPES
ANALYSE THE
MINI ICE PLANT

PERFORMANCE OF MINI-
ICE PLANT THROUGH
FUNCTIONALITY AND
EFFICIENCY
MINI ICE
PLANT
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
LABORATORY 3

MARIANO, JOHN MICHAEL

MUJAR, RONALD R.
NIOSCO, MARK ANGELO
WORKING PRINCIPLE

AN ICE PLANT IS BASED ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE

AS IN A SIMPLE REFRIGERATION PLANT
PARTS AND AUXILLIARY
OF MINI ICE PLANT
01 CONDENSER
02 RECEIVER
03 EVAPORATOR
04 EXPANSION VALVE
05 COMPRESSOR
CONDENSER
Removes the heat of vapor
refrigerant discharged from the
compressor. Generally, water-
cooled condensers are often
used rather than evaporating
condensers

CONDENSER USED IN
A BLOCK ICE PLANT
RECEIVER
used if it is necessary to
temporarily store refrigerant
charge within the system or to
accommodate the excess
refrigerant arising from changing
operating conditions
EVAPORATOR
is a device used in the low-
pressure side of the refrigeration
system. The liquid refrigerant
from the expansion valve enters
into the evaporator where it is
boiled and changes into vapor

its role is to absorb heat from EVAPORATOR USED IN

A BLOCK ICE PLANT
the surrounding location or
medium which is to be cooled, by
mean of a refrigerant
 EXPANSION
VALVE
also known as a metric device or
throttling device, divides the high-
pressure side and the low-pressure side
of a refrigerating system

its function is to reduce the high-

pressure liquid refrigerant to low-
pressure before being fed up to the
evaporator and maintain the desire
pressure difference between the high
and low pressure side of the system
EXPANSION
VALVE: Types
Capillary Tube - a tube with a calibrated inside diameter and length used to control the flow of
the refrigerant

Low Side Float Type - is usually used in the flooded type of the refrigeration plants

High-Pressure Float Valve - located on the high-pressure side of the system and is an open
connection to the condenser

Thermostatic Expansion Valve - controls the amount of refrigerant liquid injected into a
system’s evaporator
COMPRESSOR
used to compress the vapor
refrigerant from the evaporator
and to raise its pressure so that
the corresponding saturation is
higher than that of the cooling
smedium
CLASSIFICATION OF ICE
PLANTS

Block Ice Plants Flake Ice Plants

BF TP
CLASSIFICATION OF ICE
PLANTS

Plate Ice Plants Tube Ice Plants

BF TP
TYPES OF ICE MAKING

01 MODULAR ICE MACHINE

02 SELF CONTAINED ICE MACHINE

03 COUNTER TOP ICE MACHINE

04 PORTABLE ICE MAKERS

MS PC
MODULAR
ICE MACHINE
Best for casual and fine-dining
restaurants, fast food chains,
hotels, movie theaters, schools,
and cafeterias

Typical ice production is 250-

1000 pounds per day
SELF-CONTAINED
ICE MACHINE
Due to their small size, they are
best used for coffee shops, cafes,
small restaurants like food trucks

Typical Ice production is 75-500

lbs per day
 COUNTER TOP
ICE MACHINE
Most likely to be used in a setting like
healthcare facilities, hospitals, lounge
rooms, small cafeterias

Typical ice production is 50-400 lbs per day

Aside from ice making, others are using it

for ice storage for a home refrigerator
 PORTABLE ICE
MAKERS
Has the same specifications just as a countertop
machine

Produces ice quickly as quick as 10 minutes

ice that sits for a long time in the portable ice

makers will melt, this is because portable ice
makers do not act as freezers just like a counter
top ice machine
EFFICIENY OF A MINI
ICE PLANT
NH3 - PRIMARY REFRIGERANT
AMMONIA (NH3)- IS A 3-10% MORE EFFICIENT
REFRIGERANT THAN CFCS, SO AN AMMONIA-BASED
SYSTEM REQUIRES LESS ELECTRICITY, RESULTING
IN LOWER OPERATING COSTS.

BRINE- SECONDARY REFRIGERANT

BRINE SOLUTION- CHEAPER AND INCREASES HEAT
CARRYING CAPACITY AMMONIA, THAT HELPS
EXTRACT HEAT FROM THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE
ICE CANS
SAMPLE PROBLEM
1. AN ICE PLANT HAS A CAPACITY OF 10 METRIC TONS/DAY.
RAW WATER IS AVAILABLE AT 27 DEGREES CELCIUS AND AN
IS IS HARVESTED AT -9 DEGREES CELSIUS. IF BRINE AT 10
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT IS USED, CALCULATE:
A.) FREEZING TIME
B.) REFRIGERATION CAPACITY (QT)
C.) NO. OF CANS PER DAY CONSIDERING 15% LOSSES WHEN
ENTERING THE BRINE TANK
SAMPLE PROBLEM
A.
SAMPLE PROBLEM
B.
SAMPLE PROBLEM
C.
 QUIZ
1. MOST LIKELY TO BE USED IN A SETTING LIKE HEALTHCARE
FACILITIES, HOSPITALS, LOUNGE ROOMS, SMALL
CAFETERIAS

2. ICE THAT SITS FOR A LONG TIME IN THE PORTABLE ICE

MAKERS WILL MELT, THIS IS BECAUSE PORTABLE ICE MAKERS
DO NOT ACT AS FREEZERS JUST LIKE A COUNTER TOP ICE
MACHINE

3. TYPICAL ICE PRODUCTION IS 250-1000 POUNDS PER DAY

 QUIZ
4-7 IDENTIFY THE IMAGES

4. 6.

5. 7. .
 QUIZ
8. IS A 3-10% MORE EFFICIENT REFRIGERANT THAN CFCS, SO
AN AMMONIA-BASED SYSTEM REQUIRES LESS ELECTRICITY,
RESULTING IN LOWER OPERATING COSTS.

9. CHEAPER AND INCREASES HEAT-CARRYING CAPACITY

AMMONIA, WHICH HELPS EXTRACT HEAT FROM THE
SURROUNDINGS OF THE ICE CANS

10. AN ICE PLANT IS BASED ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE AS IN A

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