Q1
a) Company A designed a heat pump to
supply heat into a library in Canada during
winter, so that the library can maintain to be at 20°C. The heat
pump utilizes
12,000 L/min of Refrigerant-134a as the working fluid and absorb
heat from an
industrial water stream. The water stream enters the evaporator at
50°C and exits
at 25°C. The refrigerant enters the evaporator at 10°C with 90%
moisture content
and leaves at 20°C. There is no pressure drop in the evaporator and
according to
Company A, the compressor consumed 2250 kW of power.
(i) Sketch a complete schematic diagram of the heat pump comprises
all
components and information for the operation
(ii) Using Energy Balance in the evaporator, determine the mass
flow rate of
the water stream
(iii) Calculate the rate of heating load and rate of heat supply,
in kW
(iv) Find the COP of the heat pump
(v) A competitor, Company B claimed that they can come up with a
more
economical design for the heat pump, consuming only 800 kW in
the
compressor with the same heating load as Company A’s design. Is
this claim
valid? Support your answer with proper calculation.
b) Figure Q1(b) shows a P-v diagram
consists of isentropic, polytropic, and
isothermal compression processes between the same pressure limits.
Based on the
figure, distinguish the work input to the compressor for all the
three processes.
c) Steam with the mass flow rate of
0.75 kg/s enters an adiabatic turbine steadily at
19 MPa, 600°C and 150 m/s, and leaves at 150 kPa and 350 m/s. The
isentropic
efficiency of the turbine is 85%. Neglect potential energy.
(i) Determine the exit temperature of the steam, and it's quality
(if saturated
mixture)
(ii) Calculate the actual power output of the turbine, in kW
(iii) Illustrate a T-s diagram with respect to saturation lines for
the isentropic
process by clearly indicating all pressure, temperature, and
entropy in the
correct phase state region
For the same turbine, assume the surrounding is at 25°C,
(iv) Determine the exergy per unit mass at both inlet and outlet
condition
(v) Calculate the maximum (reversible) power output, in kW
(vi) Compute the second-law efficiency and the irreversibility
Q1 a) Company A designed a heat pump to supply heat into a library in Canada during...
QUESTION 1 a) Company A designed a heat pump to supply heat into a library in Canada during winter, so that the library can maintain to be at 20°C. The heat pump utilizes 12,000 L/min of Refrigerant-134a as the working fluid and absorb heat from an industrial water stream. The water stream enters the evaporator at 50°C and exits at 25°C. The refrigerant enters the evaporator at 10°C with 90% moisture content and leaves at 20°C. There is no pressure...
QUESTION 1 a) Company A designed a heat pump to supply heat into a library in Canada during winter, so that the library can maintain to be at 20°C. The heat pump utilizes 12,000 L/min of Refrigerant-134a as the working fluid and absorb heat from an industrial water stream. The water stream enters the evaporator at 50°C and exits at 25°C. The refrigerant enters the evaporator at 10°C with 90% moisture content and leaves at 20°C. There is no pressure...
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