Govt.

Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram

Mechanical Engineering Department
ME14 701: Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
Second Series Exam
Time: 2hrs Mark: 50
ANSWER ALL

1. (a) Establish how an actual cycle differs from a theoretical vapour compression cycle.
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(b) An R134a vapour compression refrigerating machine works between 25 C and -
200C.The Refrigerant leaves the compressor in dry and saturated condition. The liquid
refrigerant is under cooled to 21.50C before passing through the throttle valve. The
average specific heat of liquid refrigerant is 4.75 kJ/kg0C. Find the theoretical COP of the
machine. If the net refrigeration effect required is 400x103 kJ/hr. Find the mass of
ammonia circulated/min. Assume relative COP is 75% of theoretical COP. (10)
2. The required refrigeration capacity of a vapour compression refrigeration system (with R-
22 as refrigerant) is 100 kW at –30o C evaporator temperature. Initially the system was
single-stage with a single compressor compressing the refrigerant vapour from evaporator
to a condenser operating at 1500 kPa pressure. Later the system was modified to a two-
stage system operating on the cycle shown below. At the intermediate pressure of 600
kPa there is intercooling but no removal of flash gas. Find a) Power requirement of the
original single stage system; b) Total power requirement of the two compressors in the
revised two-stage system. Assume that the state of refrigerant at the exit of evaporator,
condenser and intercooler is saturated, and the compression processes are isentropic.

(10)

3. (a) The readings from a sling psychrometer are as follows: Dry bulb temperature = 300 C.
Wet bulb temperature = 200C. Barometer reading = 740 mm of Hg Using steam tables,
determine: (a) Dew Point temperature (b) Relative humidity (c) Specific humidity (d)
Vapour density. (7.5)

(b) With neat sketch explain summer & winter air conditioning system. (10)

(c) Define: Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Air Washer, Bypass factor,ADP&
Sensible heat factor. (7.5)