Refrigerant 134a enters a compressor with a mass flow rate of 15
kg/s with a velocity of 10 m/s. The refrigerant enters the
compressor as a saturated vapor at 10°C and leaves the compressor
at 1400 kPa with an enthalpy of 281.39 kJ/kg with a negligible
velocity. The rate of work done on the refrigerant is measured to
be 380 kW. If the elevation change between the compressor inlet and
exit is negligible, determine the rate of heat transfer associated
with this process, in kW.
Refrigerant 134a enters a compressor with a mass flow rate of 15 kg/s with a velocity...
Refrigerant 134a enters a turbine with a mass flow rate of 12 kg/s at 54°C, 3 MPa, while the velocity is negligible. The refrigerant expands in the turbine to a saturated vapor at 400 kPa where 10 percent of the steam is removed for some other use. The remainder of the refrigerant continues to expand to the turbine exit where the pressure is 5 kPa and quality is 75 percent. If the turbine is adiabatic, determine the rate of work...
1 MPa Isentropic Efficiency of a Compressor Refrigerant-134a enters an adiabatic compressor as a saturated vapor at 100kPa at a rate of 0.7 m/min and exits at 1-MPa pressure. The isentropic efficiency of the compressor is 87%. R-134a Compressor Isentropic Compressor Work hs-h 100 kPa sat. vapor Actual Compressor Work Determine the refrigerant properties at the inlet and outlet for an isentropic process. Actual 2s entropic procEss Inlet state Determine the actual isentropic enthalpy from the efficiency. (Ans: 289.71 J/kg)...
Refrigerant-134a enters a diffuser as saturated vapor at 800kpa with a velocity of 120m/s, and leaves the device at 900kpa and 40^C. The R-134a is gaining energy by heat transfer at a rate of 2kW as it passes through the diffuser. If the exit area is 80% greater than the inlet area, determine the exit velocity m/s, and the mass flow rate kg/s.
6. Refrigerant-134a enters an adiabatic compressor as saturated vapor at 100 kPa at a rate of 0.7 m3/min and exits at 1 MPa pressure. If the isentropic efficiency of the compressor is 87%, determine (a) the temperature of the refrigerant at the exit of the compressor, (b) the power input (in kW), and (c) the rate of entropy generation during this process.
First part is really the important one Problem 1. Refrigerant-134a enters a compressor at 180 kPa as saturated vapor with a flow rate of 0.35 m/min and leaves at 700 kPa. The power supplied to the refrigerant during the compression process is 2.35 kW. Start from the general form of the energy equation and simplify it for this problem. Note: term. The final answer is an equation with no numbers. Calculate the temperature of R-134a at the exit of the...
Problem 4.041 SI Refrigerant 134a enters an insulated compressor operating at steady state as saturated vapor at -26°C with a volumetric flow rate of 0.18 m3/s. Refrigerant exits at 9 bar, 70°C. Changes in kinetic and potential energy from inlet to exit can be ignored. Determine the volumetric flow rate at the exit, in m3/s, and the compressor power, in kW.
2. Saturated vapor of refrigerant 134a enters a well-insulated compressor at 140 kPa and leaves at 800 kPa and 50°C at a flowrate of 0.04 kg/s. Estimate the work done by the compressor.
A vapor compression refrigeration cycle utilizes R-134a as the working fluid. The refrigerant flow rate is 50 g/s. Vapor at 150 kPa and -10 0C enters the compressor and leaves at 1.2 MPa and 75 0C. The power input to the non-adiabatic compressor is measured and found to be 2.4 kW. The refrigerant enters the expansion valve at 1.15 MPa and 40 0C and leaves the evaporator at 160 kPa and -15 0C. Determine the entropy generation in the compression...
Refrigerant-134a enters the compressor of a refrigerator as superheated vapor at 0.14 MPa and -10°C at a rate of 0.124 kg/s, and it leaves at 0.7 MPa and 50°C. The refrigerant is cooled in the condenser to 24°C and 0.65 MPa, and it is throttled to 0.15 MPa. Disregarding any heat transfer and pressure drops in the connecting lines between the components, determine (a) the rate of heat removal from the refrigerated space and the power input to the compressor...
6-17 Refrigerant-134a enters the compressor of a refrig- cration system as saturated vapor at 0.14 MPa and leaves as superheated vapor at 0.8 MPa and 60°C at a rate of 0.06 kg/s. Determine the rates of energy transfers by mass into and out of the compressor. Assume the kinetic and potential cncrgics to be negligible.