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SNG COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KADAYIRUPPU

Seventh Semester

Branch-Mechanical Engineering. REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING Model Examination October- 2009.
Time: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100 Use of Psychrometric and Refrigeration charts and tables permitted Part-A Answer all questions 1. The COP of an Air Refrigeration cycle is very low, but still an air refrigeration cycle is most common in the air craft, discuss the statement. 2. Define COP of a refrigerator and COP of a heat pump. Compare both. 3. What is ton of refrigeration? Draw the p-h diagram of an ideal vapour compression cycle. 4. List out the advantages of vapour refrigeration system over air refrigeration system. 5. Discuss the desirable characteristics of a fluid to be used as a refrigerant. 6. What modifications are necessary in a simple absorption refrigeration system in order to improve the performance of the system? 7. Discuss the capacity control systems for reciprocating systems. 8. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of centrifugal compressor over reciprocating compressors. 9. Define the following: (a) Specific humidity (b) dew point temperature. 10. Describe the evaporative type condensers and give its field of application. (10x4=40 Marks) Part-B 11. A dense air refrigerator is used in absorbing 2100kJ/kg/min. The expansion cylinder and the compression cylinder are double acting. The pressure limit compression as well as expansion cylinder is same namely 4 bar and 16 bar. Compressor sucks in air at 4C and discharges air at 20C to the expansion cylinder after the air cooler. Mechanical efficiency of the compressor and the expansion cylinder drive is 85%. For 500 rpm and 25cm stroke, determine: i Power required to drive the unit; ii Bore of compressor and expansion cylinder; iii Ice tonnage from and at 0C per day. Assume isentropic compression and expansion with = 1.4, Cp =1.005 kJ/kg K. OR 12. Explain a Bell Coleman Refrigeration cycle and obtain the expression for the COP of the cycle in terms of pressure ratio. 13. A simple ammonia compression system operates with a capacity of 150 ton. Condensation temperature in the condenser is 35C. The evaporation temperature in the brine cooler is -25C. Ammonia leavers the evaporator and enters the compressor at -8C. Ammonia enters the expansion valve at 30C. Wire drawing through the compressor

valves: Suction 0.1123 bar, discharge 0.5275 bar. Compressor exponent 1.22. i.e, p.v= 1.22. Volumetric efficiency 75%. Calculate: i Indicated power ii Heat transferred to the cylinder water jacket kJ/kg/min iii Piston displacement m3/min. iv Heat transferred to the condenser cooling water in kJ/min v COP OR 14. With the help of schematic diagram and T-S and P-h chart, explain the actual vapour compression refrigeration cycle. 15. Explain with neat sketches, the lithium bromide-water vapour absorption refrigeration system. Mention the function of each of the components in the system. OR 16. Explain with a neat sketch Electrolux refrigeration system. How the system is operated to obtain different pressures in the cycle without a pump? 17. Explain with neat sketches the different types of refrigerant compressors OR 18. Explain with neat sketches the different types of expansion devices used in refrigeration 19. A hall is to be maintained at 20C and 60% RH when outdoor design conditions are 40 C DBT and 26C WBT. The sensible heat load in the hall is 70,000kJ/hr and latent heat load is 22,000kJ/hr. The infiltrated air is 30m3/m. 60% of the total air required is recirculated and mixed with the conditioned air after the conditioner. Find the following. i. The condition of the air leaving the conditioner, ii. Volume of fresh air passing through the air conditioner. iii. Bypass factor of the conditioner coil. iv. Refrigeration load on conditioner coil in tons of refrigeration. Take ADP of cooling coil = 5C. OR 20. Explain summer air conditioning system and winter air conditioning system with neat sketches.