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Level-3, Term-1
Department of Chemical Engineering
Outline
Objectives
Experimental setup Results and Graphs Discussions
Refrigeration
A sequence of thermodynamic processes whereby heat is withdrawn from a cold body and expelled to a hot body.
Involves nucleate boiling, film wise condensation, flow control and other thermodynamic properties
Significance of Refrigeration
Preserving foodstuffs and Air conditioning Liquefy gas (i.e. O2, N2, CH4, C3H8 etc.) Mercerizing, bleaching, and dyeing in Textile mills To temper steel and cutlery Oil refineries, chemical plants, and petrochemical
plants
Objectives
To study vapor compression refrigeration cycle using Refrigeration unit (R633) and R141b as a refrigerant To investigate relationship the saturation pressure temperature
To determine the effect of evaporating and condensing temperature on refrigeration rate To investigate the effect of compressor pressure ratio on system performance To determine overall heat transfer coefficient
Assumptions
Irreversibility within evaporator, condenser and compressor are ignored No frictional pressure drops
Schematic Diagram
Calculated Data
Number of Observation Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient (Evaporator), 1 2 3 4 5
724.58
Ue (W/m2) =
622.62 805.50
604.12
583.15
703.80
Figure 4. Saturation pressure vs. Saturation temperature curve for both evaporator and condenser
Rate of heat transfer for both evaporator and condenser(W) (1 square unit = 2 W)
Figure 5. Heat transfer rate vs. condensing temperature curve for both evaporator and condenser
140
120 100 80 4.5 4.7 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.5
Figure 6. Heat transfer rate vs. compressor pressure ratio for both evaporator and condenser
Discussion
Possible discrepancies occurred as
The system was not ideal Actual compression process was not isentropic
Discussion (Continued)
The actual compression process starts in superheated vapor region The actual heat rejection process in the condenser the liquid is subcooled Performances could be increased by
Experimental observations were very close to the theoretical one and the objectives were completed
Question ?
Acknowledgement
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