A freezer is designed, based on vapor-compression refrigeration cycle. The designed conditions are: R-134a as refrigerant,...
- A freezer is designed, based on vapor-compression refrigeration cycle. The designed conditions are:
- R-134a as refrigerant, with a cooling capacity of 500 kW;
- compressor of 70% efficiency, with a superheat of 10°C before compressor inlet;
- operation temperature of -10°C inside the refrigerator, with the environment temperature of 25°C outside the refrigerator;
- Determine the pressure range of refrigeration cycle if a 10°C difference is required to ensure effective heat transfer of evaporator and condenser;
- Plot the refrigeration cycle on P-h diagram;
- Estimate COP;
- Estimate the refrigerant mass flow rate and power consumption of compressor;
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A freezer is designed, based on vapor-compression refrigeration
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R-134a as refrigerant,...
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Tt (12 points) A refrigerator using refrigerant-134a as the working fluid operates on the vapor compression...
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Thermodynamics. No interpolation needed.
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In a vapor-compression refrigeration heat pump cycle with Refrigerant 134a as the working fluid provides heating at a rate of 15 kW to maintain a building at 20 °C year-round. During the heating mode in the winter, the outside temperature is 5 °C. It is also used for cooling in the summer when outside temperature is 34 °C. Saturated vapor at 2.4 bar leaves the evaporator and superheated vapor at 8 bar leaves the compressor. There is no significant heat...
In a vapor-compression refrigeration heat pump cycle with Refrigerant 134a as the working fluid provides heating at a rate of 15 kW to maintain a building at 20 °C year-round. During the heating mode in the winter, the outside temperature is 5 °C. It is also used for cooling in the summer when outside temperature is 34°C. Saturated vapor at 2.4 bar leaves the evaporator and superheated vapor at 8 bar leaves the compressor. There is no significant heat transfer...
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A two-stage compression refrigeration system with an adiabatic liquid-vapor separation unit uses refrigerant-134a as working fluid. The system operates the evaporator at 0.4 MPa, the condenser at 1.6 MPa, and the separator at 0.8 MPa. The compressors use 25 kW of power. Given that the refrigerant is saturated liquid at the inlet of each expansion valve and saturated vapor at the inlet of each compressor, and the compressors are isentropic: (0) show the process on a T-s diagram; ) calculate...
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Thermodynamics. No interpolation needed.
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