SUBCOOLING AND SUPERHEATING

SAMPLE 1. A R-22, SINGLE ACTING, 4-CYLINDER,85 X 70 MM, COMPRESSOR OPERATING

AT 28 RPS, A CONDENSING TEMPERATURE OF 39C, AND AN EVAPORATING OF -3C
CARRIES A REFRIGERATING LOAD OF 112 KW. THE MOTOR DRIVING THE COMPRESSOR
HAS AN EFFICIENCY OF 92% AND DRAWS 32.5 KW. THERE IS A 5C SUBCOOLING AND 8C
SUPERHEATING OF THE SUCTION GAS ENTERING THE COMPRESSOR. COMPUTE (A)
THE ACTUAL VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY & (B) THE COMPRESSION EFFICIENCY.
SAMPLE 2. AN AMMONIA COMPRESSOR OPERATES AT AN EVAPORATOR PRESSURE OF
316.02 KPA AND A CONDENSER PRESSURE OF 1514.3 KPA. THE REFRIGERANT IS
SUBCOOLED 5 DEGREES AND IS SUPERHEATED 8 DEGREES. A TWIN CYLINDER
COMPRESSOR WITH BORE TO STROKE RATIO OF 0.82 IS TO BE USED AT 20 RPS. THE
MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY IS 77% & VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY OF 95%. FOR A LOAD OF
86.6 KW, DET. (A) THE QUANTITY OF COOLING WATER IN THE CONDENSER IF THE
INCREASE IN TEMPERATURES IS 7C, (B)THE BORE AND STROKE, (C) THE SIZE OF THE
DRIVING MOTOR, (D) THE QUALITY OF REFRIGERANT ENTERING THE EVAPORATOR.
SAMPLE 3. A 15 TON VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM IS TO EVAPORATE R-
12 AT -20C AND TO CONDENSE IT AT 40C. THE TWIN-CYLINDER VERTICAL COMPRESSOR IS
TO RUN AT 900 RPM; IT IS SINGLE ACTING AND HAS THE BORE EQUAL TO STROKE, AND
1.5% CLEARANCE . VAPORS ENTERS THE COMPRESSOR AT -10C AND LIQUID ENTERS THE
EXPANSION VALVE AT 30C. (A) WHAT REFRIGERATION FLOW RATE IS REQUIRED? (B)
ASSUME CLEARANCE VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY EQUAL TO VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY,
WHAT WILL BE THE BORE AND STROKE, (C) POWER REQUIRED BY THE COMPRESSOR, (D)
QUANTITY OF COOLING WATER REQUIRED IN THE CONDENSER FOR A 8C INCREASE IN
TEMPERATURE.
 LIQUID-SUCTION HEAT EXCHANGER
THE FUNCTIONS OF HEAT EXCHANGER ARE:
1. ENSURE THAT NO LIQUID ENTERS THE COMPRESSOR AND,
2. TO SUBCOOL THE LIQUID FROM CONDENSER TO PREVENT BUBBLES OF
VAPOR FROM IMPEDING THE FLOW OF REFRIGERANT THROUGH THE EXPANSION
VALVE.
SAMPLE 1. A SIMPLE SATURATED REFRIGERATING CYCLE USING R-12 AS
REFRIGERANT OPERATES AT AN EVAPORATING TEMPERATURE OF -5C AND A
CONDENSING TEMPERATURE OF 40C. SHOW THE EFFECTS OF INSTALLING A HEAT
EXCHANGER THAT WOULD SUPERHEAT THE SUCTION VAPOR FROM -5C TO 15C.
SAMPLE 2. A REFRIGERANT 22 VAPOR COMPRESSION SYSTEM INCLUDES A LIQUID
TO SUCTION HEAT EXCHANGER IN THE SYSTEM WITH EVAPORATING TEMP OF -10C.
THE COMPRESSOR IS CAPABLE OF PUMPING 15L/S OF REFRIGERANT AT SUCTION.
THE HEAT EXCHANGER SUBCOOLS SATURATED LIQUID COMING FROM THE
CONDENSER FROM 32C TO 21C. (A) CALCULATE THE COP W/OUT HEAT EXCHANGER,
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1. A REFRIGERANT 22 CARRIES A LOAD OF 82KW AT AN EVAPORATOR PRESSURE
OF 354KPA AND A CONDENSER PRESSURE OF 1460KPA. THE LIQUID
REFRIGERANT IS SUBCOOLED BY 4C BEFORE ENTERING THE EXPANSION VALVE
AND THE VAPOR IS SUPERHEATED BY 5 DEGREES BEFORE ENTERING THE
COMPRESSOR. THE COMPRESSOR OPERATES AT 28RPS. THE BORE TO STROKE
RATIO OF THE TWIN CYLINDER COMPRESSOR IS 1.2 AND THE ACTUAL
VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY IS 82%. DETERMINE (A) MASS FLOWRATE OF
REFRIGERANT, (B) MASS FLOW RATE OF COOLING WATER IN THE CONDENSER
FOR A 7C CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE, (C) BORE & STROKE.
ANS: A) 0.5025 KG/S, B) 3.43 KG/S, (C) 9.2 X 11 CM