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The objectives of this experiment were to be familiar with the refrigeration process and the essential parts or units of the system (i.e., evaporator, compressor, condenser, and throttling device or expansion valve) and also to know basic thermodynamics related to this process. Specifically, this experiment aimed at the vapor compression refrigeration cycle with visual observation including the investigation of the saturation pressure-temperature relationship during evaporation and condensation, effect of evaporating and condensing temperature on refrigeration rate, effect of compressor pressure ratio on system performance and to determine the overall heat transfer coefficient. This experiment was conducted by Refrigeration Unit R633 using refrigerant Forane-R141b (1,1-dichloro-1-flouroethane) to determine the overall heat transfer coefficient between R141b and water in evaporator and condenser. Overall heat transfer coefficient varied from 724.02 W/m2oC to 1148.35 W/m2oC and 583.15 W/m2oC to 805.50 W/m2oC for evaporator and condenser respectively. Graphs of Saturation pressure vs. saturation temperature, rate of heat transfer vs. condensing temperature, rate of heat transfer vs. compressor pressure ratio for both evaporator and condenser were plotted. Comparing with the reference graphs and possible causes for discrepancies are stated in discussions.

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  • A Report on

    STUDY OF A REFRIGERATION UNIT

    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

  • ChE 302

    Chemical engineering laboratory - II

    Experiment No. 7 Group No. 03 (A2)

    Name of the experiment:

    STUDY OF A REFRIGERATION UNIT

    Submitted by:

    Md. Hasib Al Mahbub

    Student Id: 0902045

    Level: 3; Term: 1

    Section: A2

    Date of performance: 28/04/2013

    Date of submission: 19/05/2013

    Partners Student Id. 0902041

    0902042

    0902043

    0902044

    Department of Chemical Engineering.

    Bangladesh University of engineering and technology, Dhaka.

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    Summary

    The objectives of this experiment were to be familiar with the refrigeration process and the

    essential parts or units of the system (i.e., evaporator, compressor, condenser, and throttling

    device or expansion valve) and also to know basic thermodynamics related to this process.

    Specifically, this experiment aimed at the vapor compression refrigeration cycle with visual

    observation including the investigation of the saturation pressure-temperature relationship

    during evaporation and condensation, effect of evaporating and condensing temperature on

    refrigeration rate, effect of compressor pressure ratio on system performance and to determine

    the overall heat transfer coefficient. This experiment was conducted by Refrigeration Unit

    R633 using refrigerant Forane-R141b (1,1-dichloro-1-flouroethane) to determine the overall

    heat transfer coefficient between R141b and water in evaporator and condenser. Overall heat

    transfer coefficient varied from 724.02 W/m2oC to 1148.35 W/m2oC and 583.15 W/m2oC to

    805.50 W/m2oC for evaporator and condenser respectively. Graphs of Saturation pressure vs.

    saturation temperature, rate of heat transfer vs. condensing temperature, rate of heat transfer

    vs. compressor pressure ratio for both evaporator and condenser were plotted. Comparing with

    the reference graphs and possible causes for discrepancies are stated in discussions.

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    Acknowledgement

    First of all, I would like to thank our respected teacher, Tania Tabassum Emi, Lecturer,

    Department of Chemical Engineering, BUET for the guidance and adjuration. Besides, I would

    like to thank the authority of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

    for providing us with a good facility to complete this report. Also, I would like to take the

    opportunity to thank the Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of

    Engineering and Technology (BUET) for offering this course, Chemical Engineering

    Laboratory-II. In addition, I would also like to thank my group partners who helped me in doing

    the experiment.

  • Table of Contents

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    Title Page No.

    Summary ii

    Acknowledgement iii

    1. Introduction 7

    2. Theory 9

    2.1 Assumptions for Ideal vapor compression refrigeration cycle 11

    2.2 The Steps of Ideal Vapor Compression Cycle 12

    2.3 Actual vapor-compression refrigeration cycle 14

    2.4 Heat Transfer Coefficient 15

    3. Experimental Setup 18

    3.1 Apparatus 18

    3.2 Chemical Used 18

    3.3 Schematic Diagram 19

    3.4 R633 Valve Position 20

    3.5 Procedure 21

    4. Observed Data 22

    5. Calculated Data 23

    6. Sample Calculation 24

    7. Graph 26

    7.1 Graph of Saturation pressure vs. Saturation temperature for both

    evaporator and condenser

    26

    7.2 Graph of rate of heat transfer vs. condensing temperature for both

    evaporator and condenser

    27

    7.3 Graph of rate of heat transfer vs. compressor pressure ratio for both

    evaporator and condenser

    28

    8. Result 29

    9. Discussion 30

    10. Conclusion 35

    References 36

    Nomenclature 37

    Appendices 38

    Appendix A: Choice of Refrigerant. 39

    Appendix B: Usage and Application of Refrigeration Process. 41

    Appendix C: Other Refrigeration Processes (Modification). 43

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    List of Illustrations

    List of Figure

    No. of Figure Name of Figure Page No.

    1 Schematic diagram of a refrigeration unit 9

    2 Schematic and T-s diagram for the ideal vapor compressor

    refrigerator cycle

    11

    3 P-h diagram for the ideal vapor compressor refrigerator cycle 13

    4 Vapor compressor refrigerator cycle in household refrigerator 13

    5 Schematic and T-s diagram of an actual vapor-compression

    refrigeration cycle

    14

    6 Refrigeration cycle demonstration unit R633 16

    7 Schematic diagram of a refrigeration unit (R633) 19

    8 Different valve position of refrigeration unit R633 20

    9 Saturation pressure vs. saturation temperature curve for both

    evaporator and condenser

    26

    10 Rate of heat transfer vs. condensing temperature curve for both

    evaporator and condenser

    27

    11 Rate of heat transfer vs. compressor pressure ratio curve for both

    evaporator and condenser

    28

    12 The theoretical graph of saturation pressure vs. saturation

    temperature for both evaporator and condenser

    31

    13 Theoretical graph of heat transfer vs. condensing temperature for

    both evaporator and condenser

    32

    14 Theoretical graph of heat transfer vs. compressor pressure ratio for

    both evaporator and condenser

    33

    15 A two-stage cascade refrigeration system with the same refrigerant

    in both

    43

    16 A Multistage compression refrigeration systems 44

    17 A Multipurpose refrigeration systems 45

    18 Vapor-compression refrigeration system is by multistage

    compression with regenerative cooling

    46

    19 Gas Refrigeration Systems 47

    20 Absorption Refrigeration Systems 48

    21 Thermoelectric Refrigeration Systems 49

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    List of Tables

    No. of Table Name of Table Page No.

    1 Observed Data for Vapor Compression of Refrigeration Cycle 22

    2 Calculated Data of vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycle 23

    3 Tabulated data of the results (rate of heat transfer, compressor

    pressure ratio, and overall heat transfer coefficient for evaporator and

    condenser)

    29

    4 List of symbols 37

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    1. Introduction

    Refrigeration cycle is a sequence of thermodynamic processes whereby heat is withdrawn from

    a cold body and expelled to a hot body. It is a reversed heat engine cycle. In general words

    refrigeration refers to the process of removing heat from an enclosed space, or from a

    substance, to lower its temperature. The device whose prime function is to do the job is known

    as refrigerator and the working fluids used in the refrigeration cycle is called refrigerant. A

    refrigerator uses the evaporation of a liquid to absorb heat. The liquid, or refrigerant, used in a

    refrigerator evaporates at a low temperature, creating cooling or freezing temperatures inside

    the refrigerator.

    Including thermodynamics many other phases of engineering are involved in the design,

    manufactures, application and operation of refrigeration system. The thermodynamic

    properties of the refrigerants must be known before the cycle analysis can be made. Evaporators

    and condensers of the system is used for the absorption and rejection of heat respectively

    involved the fields of heat transmission. Steady state are involved in the determination of

    cooling-load requirements. On the other hand, the design of reciprocating compressor involves

    a variety of machine problems. The physical capacity of a compressor or expender will be

    determined from thermodynamic factors.

    The physical capacity of a compressor or expander can be determined from thermodynamic

    factors. The measure of effectiveness of a refrigerator is its coefficient of performance (C.O.P).

    It is the expression of the cycle efficiency and is stated as the ratio of the heat absorbed in the

    refrigerated space to the heat energy equivalent of the energy supplied to the compressor.

    The first known method of artificial refrigeration was demonstrated by William Cullen at the

    University of Glasgow in Scotland in 1756. Cullen used a pump to create a partial vacuum over

    a container of diethyl ether, which then boiled, absorbing heat from the surrounding air. The

    experiment even created a small amount of ice, but had no practical application at that time.

    Todays refrigeration process is far more advanced, easy to use and control and more

    environment friendly, and thus it has become a very common system adopted at households

    and many other places as the first cost and operating costs had also become reasonable.

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    The application of refrigeration are numerous in our daily life. The most widely used current

    applications of refrigeration are for air conditioning of private homes and public buildings, and

    refrigerating foodstuffs in homes, restaurants and large storage warehouses. In commerce and

    manufacturing, there are many uses for refrigeration. Refrigeration is used to liquefy gases -

    oxygen, nitrogen, propane and methane, for example. In compressed air purification, it is used

    to condense water vapor from compressed air to reduce its moisture content. In oil refineries,

    chemical plants, and petrochemical plants, refrigeration is used to maintain certain processes

    at their needed low temperatures. Textile mills uses refrigeration in mercerizing, bleaching,

    and dyeing. Manufacturers of paper, drugs, soap, glue, shoe polish, perfume, celluloid, and

    photographic materials. Fur and woolen goods storage could beat the moths by using

    refrigerated warehouses. So it is important to have a general knowledge on refrigeration which

    has prompted to conduct the experiment.

    The experiment has been performed to study various components of a refrigeration unit

    physically and operating it at different operating modes to get acquainted with this process and

    all of its essential parts and also to know the thermodynamic basics of refrigeration thoroughly

    and specially the overall heat transfer coefficient so that the operations may become well

    known to us and a platform for further modification is created.

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    2. Theory

    Refrigeration implies the maintenance of a temperature below that of the surroundings. This

    requires continuous absorption of heat at a low temperature level usually accomplished by

    evaporation of a liquid in a steady-state flow process. The vapor reformed to liquid state for re-

    evaporation generally by compressing and then condensing by rejecting heat at a higher

    temperature consecutively Refrigeration cycle is a sequence of thermodynamic processes

    whereby heat is withdrawn from a cold body and expelled to a hot body, which is a reversed

    heat-engine cycle. According to the 2nd law of thermodynamics it required an external source

    of energy or external work done on the system to transfer heat from a lower temperature level

    to a higher one.

    A refrigerator is shown schematically in figure 1. Here QL is the magnitude of the heat removed

    from the refrigerated space at temperature TL. QH is the magnitude of the heat rejected to the

    warm space at temperature TH, and Wnet in is the net work input the refrigerator (R).

    Figure 1. Schematic diagram of a refrigeration unit

    Warm

    environment

    R

    QH

    QL (Desired output)

    Wnet, in (Required input)

    Cold

    refrigerated

    space

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    In such a case the performance of refrigerators is expressed in terms of the coefficient of

    performance (COP), defined as

    COP =Desired output

    Required input =

    Cooling effect

    Work input =

    QL

    Wnet,in ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... (2.1)

    Since energy cannot be destroyed, the heat taken in at low temperature plus any other energy

    input must be dissipated to the surroundings. The Clausius statement of the second law of

    thermodynamics states that heat will not pass from a cold to a hotter region without the aid of

    an external agency. Thus a refrigerator will require an input of high grade energy for it to

    operate. The most common type of refrigerator uses a work input and operates on the Vapor

    compression cycle. The work input to the Vapor Compression Cycle derives a compressor

    which maintains a low pressure on an evaporator and a higher pressure in condenser. The

    temperature at which a liquid will evaporate (or a vapor will condense) is dependent on

    pressure, thus if a suitable fluid is introduced it will evaporate at a low temperature in the low

    pressure evaporator (taking in heat) and will condense at a higher temperature in the high

    pressure condenser (rejecting heat). The high pressure liquid formed in the condenser must

    then be returned to the evaporator at a controlled rate. Thus, the simple vapor compression

    refrigeration cycle has four main component1,

    (1) An evaporator where heat is taken in at a low temperature as a liquid evaporator at a

    low pressure.

    (2) A compressor which uses a work input to reduce the pressure in the evaporator and

    increase the pressure of the vapor being transferred to the condenser.

    (3) A condenser where the high pressure vapor condenser, rejecting heat to its

    surroundings.

    (4) A flow control device which controls the fowl of liquid back to the evaporator and

    which brings about the pressure reduction.

    The refrigeration cycle is most interesting from the thermodynamic view point. It is one of the

    few practical plants which operates on a true thermodynamic cycle and involves8-

    (a) Nucleate boiling and film wise condensation.

    (b) Steady flow process, i.e. throttling, compression and heat exchange.

    (c) Flow control.

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    (d) The thermodynamic properties, i.e. pressure, specific volume, temperature, specific

    enthalpy and entropy of a pure substance at all conditions between sub-cooled liquid

    and super-heated vapor.

    The refrigeration cycle can be described by and ideal process operated on a Carnot cycle and

    then can be converted to the actual cycle or actual changes in entropy and enthalpy during the

    process. The Carnot cycle for refrigeration consists of 4 steps as well similar to heat engine.

    The phase changes of the refrigerant in the vapor compression cycle are the main key process

    of the refrigeration system and they can be represented by the T-S diagram in figure 2.

    2.1 Assumptions for Ideal vapor compression refrigeration cycle2

    Irreversibility within the evaporator, condenser and compressor are ignored

    No frictional pressure drops

    Refrigerant flows at constant pressure through the two heat exchangers (evaporator and

    condenser)

    Stray heat losses to the surroundings are ignored

    Compression process is isentropic

    Figure 2. Schematic and T-s diagram for the ideal vapor compressor refrigerator cycle.5

    QH

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    Cold

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    Condenser

    Compressor

    QL

    Expansion

    Valve Win

    1

    2 3

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    Saturated

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    QL

    QH

    Win

    T

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    2.2 The Steps of Ideal Vapor Compression Cycle:

    The cycle operates on following four process:6

    1-2: Isentropic compression

    2-3: Constant pressure heat rejection (Condenser)

    3-4: Adiabatic expansion in a throttling device

    4-1: Constant pressure heat absorption (Evaporator)

    I. (1-2) Isentropic compression in a compressor: A compressor which uses a work input

    to reduce the pressure in the evaporator and increase the pressure of the vapor being

    transferred to the condenser. External work is done on the cycle to initiate the cycle to

    flow heat from lower temperature to higher. The saturated vapor outlet from evaporator

    goes in the compressor and is compressed to superheated vapor. Here the ideal process

    is an isentropic process but in actual case the entropy increases due to increase in

    temperature. The compression process is represented by line 1-2 in figure 2.

    II. (2-3) Constant pressure heat rejection in a condenser: A condenser where the high

    pressure vapor condenses, rejecting heat to its surroundings. This is another isothermal

    process in which heat QH is rejected at higher temperature in the condenser. The

    superheated vapor from the outlet of the compressor goes in the condenser and cooled

    to saturated vapor and then condensed to saturated liquid by rejecting latent heat to the

    surrounding at higher temperature (room temperature) The condensation process is a

    constant pressure and temperature process which is represented by 2-3 line in the

    figure 2.

    III. (3-4) Adiabatic expansion in a throttling device: it is an adiabatic process and also

    an isenthalpic process of expansion. An expansion device (throttle valve) is used to get

    back the refrigerant to its original pressure at the inlet of evaporator. The pressure drop

    in this irreversible process results from fluid friction in the valve. At the inlet of the

    throttle valve the refrigerant is saturated liquid and due to expansion, it is converted to

    a liquid vapor mixture at outlet. This process is represented by line 3-4 in figure 2.

    IV. (4-1) Constant pressure heat absorption in an evaporator: It is an isothermal step

    in which heat QL is absorbed at the lower temperature in the evaporator. Here the

    liquid refrigerant evaporates at constant pressure and temperature absorbing the latent

    heat of vaporization. The inlet of the evaporator is a liquid-vapor mixture and absorbing

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    heat from air of lower temperature (room temperature in this case) it becomes saturated

    vapor. The process in evaporator is represented by line4-1 in figure 2.

    The P-h diagram in figure 3 is another convenient diagram often used to illustrate the

    refrigeration cycle. Where, process 1-2 indicates isentropic compression process, process 2-3

    indicates P = constant heat rejection process, process 3-4 indicates expansion under throttling

    process, h = constant, process 4-1 stands for P = constant heat addition process.

    Figure 3. P-h diagram for the ideal vapor compressor refrigerator cycle.7

    The ordinary household refrigerator is a good example of the application of this cycle-

    Figure 4. Vapor compressor refrigerator cycle in household refrigerator.3

    Evaporator coil

    Freezer

    compartment

    Capillary tube

    QH

    Condenser coil

    Compressor

    QL

    Kitchen air

    25

    3

    -18

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    2.3 Actual vapor-compression refrigeration cycle1

    An actual vapor-compression refrigeration cycle differs from the ideal one in several ways,

    owing mostly to the irreversibilities that occur in various components. Two common sources

    of irreversibilities are fluid friction (causes pressure drops) and heat transfer to or from the

    surroundings. The T-s diagram of an actual vapor-compression refrigeration cycle is shown in

    Figure 5.

    Figure 5. Schematic and T-s diagram of an actual vapor-compression refrigeration cycle.

    The reason for the deviation is that, there are frictional effects that result in pressure drops as

    the refrigerant flows through the condenser, evaporator, and the piping connecting various

    components in the actual cycle. The actual compression process (process 1-2) starts in

    superheated vapor region, not on the saturated vapor line. The actual compression process is

    irreversible (not isentropic) and goes in the direction of increase of entropy (S2>S1). The

    isentropic efficiency of the compressor is used to evaluate the performance of the compressor

    and define enthalpy at the exit of the actual compressor (point 2). And at the end of the actual

    heat rejection process in the condenser (process 2-3) the liquid is sub cooled, not saturated.

    Warm

    Cold

    Evaporator

    Condenser

    Compressor

    QL

    Expansion

    Valve Win

    1

    2 5

    7

    3 4

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    2.4 Heat Transfer Coefficient

    Heat transfer coefficient is defined as the amount of heat which passes through a unit area of a

    medium or system in a unit time when the temperature difference between the boundaries of

    the system is 1 degree.2 The heat transfer coefficient, in thermodynamics and in mechanical

    and chemical engineering, is used in calculating the heat transfer, typically by convection or

    phase transition between a fluid and a solid:

    Where

    Q = heat flow in input or lost heat flow, J/s = W

    h = heat transfer coefficient, W/ (m2K)

    A = heat transfer surface area, m2

    T= difference in temperature between the solid surface and surrounding fluid area

    From the above equation, the heat transfer coefficient is the proportionality coefficient between

    the heat flux, that is heat flow per unit area, q/A, and the thermodynamic driving force for the

    flow of heat (i.e., the temperature difference, T).

    The heat transfer coefficient has SI units in watts per square meter kelvin: W/ (m2K).

    The overall heat transfer coefficient (U) is a measure of the overall ability of a series of

    conductive and convective barriers to transfer heat1. It is commonly applied to the calculation

    of heat transfer in heat exchangers, but can be applied equally well to other problems.

    For the case of a heat exchanger, U can be used to determine the total heat transfer between the

    two streams in the heat exchanger by the following relationship:

    Where

    Q = heat transfer rate, W

    U = overall heat transfer coefficient, W/ (mK)

    A = heat transfer surface area, m2

    TLMTD = log mean temperature difference, K

    U=

    Q

    ATLMTD

    ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... (2.2)

    ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... (2.3)

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    With the use of refrigeration cycle demonstration unit R633 (Figure 6) in laboratory, following

    steps leads to the calculation of overall heat transfer coefficient (U).

    Figure 6. Refrigeration cycle demonstration unit R633

    Absolute pressure= Gauge pressure (pe) + Atmospheric pressure (P)

    Saturation pressure of Evaporator, Pe = pe + P

    Saturation pressure of Compressor, Pc = pc + P

    Rate of heat transfer for Evaporator, Qe= meCp(t1-t2)

    Rate of heat transfer for Condenser, Qc= mcCp(t3-t4)

    Where

    Cp = Specific Heat of Water, (KJ/Kg .K)

    me = Evaporator Water Flow rate

    mc = Condenser Water Flow rate

    t1 = Evaporator Water Inlet Temperature, ()

    t2 =Evaporator Water Outlet Temperature, ()

    t3 =Condenser Water Outlet Temperature, ()

    t4 =Condenser Water Inlet Temperature, ()

    Finally,

    Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient,

    U=

    Q

    ATLMTD

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    Where each term Q, A and TLMTD refer to the corresponding value for condenser and

    evaporator

    TLMTD =

    Where

    Tin= temperature difference of water inlet and supplied refrigerant.

    Tout= temperature difference of water outlet and supplied refrigerant.

    Tin

    Tout

    Tin-Tout

    ln ( ) ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... (2.4)

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    3. Experimental Setup

    3.1 Apparatus

    Compressor

    Temperature indicator

    Condenser rotameter

    Evaporator rotameter

    Condenser

    Evaporator

    Condenser pressure gauge

    Evaporator pressure gauge

    Condenser inlet thermometer

    Condenser outlet thermometer

    Evaporator inlet thermometer

    Evaporator outlet thermometer

    Condenser thermometer

    Evaporator thermometer

    Throttle valve

    Compressor discharge thermometer

    Control valve

    Switcher

    Capillary tube

    Water reservoir

    Pump

    3.2 Chemical Used

    R141b (1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane)

    Water

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  • 3.4 R633 Valve Position

    Normal Operation

    Refrigerant Pump Down

    Oil Return

    Shutdown

    Figure 8. Different valve position of refrigeration unit R633

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    3.5 PROCEDURE

    The main components of the refrigeration unit were identified.

    The piping and control system were studied.

    The cooling water supply and mains supply to the unit were turned on.

    Water supply to the unit was turned on and the evaporator water flow rate was adjusted

    to 10 g/s and condenser water flow rate was adjusted to 50 g/s using control valve.

    When the main switch was turned on, then the compressor was started and the two

    internal lamps were lighted.

    The evaporator pressure and the compressor pressure were set approximately at -75

    KN/m2 and 120 KN/m2.

    The unit was allowed to run approximately 15 minutes in order to reach suitable

    temperature and pressure.

    The temperatures (t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6, t7, t8), pressure pe and pc, water flow rate me and mc

    were recorded.

    Similarly steps h - i were repeated after reducing condenser water flow rate to 40 g/s,

    30 g/s, 20 g/s, 10 g/s.

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    4. Observed Data

    Water Coil Surface Area of Condenser, Ac= 0.032 m2

    Water Coil Surface Area of Evaporator, Ae=0.032 m2

    Specific Heat of Water, Cp= 4.18 KJ/Kg .K

    Refrigerant used= R141b (1, 1- dichloro-1-fluroethane) of approximately 800 cm3

    Normal Boiling Point= 32

    Local Atmospheric Pressure, P= 101.325 KN/m2

    Table 1. Observed Data for Vapor Compression of Refrigeration Cycle.

    Number of observation 1 2 3 4 5

    Evaporation Gauge pressure, pe (KN/m2) -70 -68 -70 -69 -68

    Absolute Evaporator pressure, Pe (KN/m2) 31.33 33.33 31.33 32.33 33.33

    Evaporator temperature, T5 () 7 8 8 6 7

    Evaporator water flow rate, e (g/s) 4 7 4 4 4

    Evaporator Water Inlet Temperature, T1 () 15 14 17 18 19

    Evaporator Water Outlet Temperature, T2

    () 9 10 9 9 10

    Condensed Liquid Temperature, T8 () 24.10 25.40 26.90 28.30 31.1

    Condenser Gauge Pressure, pc (KN/m2) 50 54 59 65 78

    Absolute Condenser Pressure, Pc (KN/m2) 151.33 155.33 160.33 166.33 179.33

    Compressor Discharge Temperature, T7 () 43 44 49 52 53

    Condenser Temperature, T6 () 23 24 26 27 30

    Condenser Water Flow Rate, c (g/s) 50 40 30 20 10

    Condenser Water Inlet Temperature, T4 () 12 13.5 15.5 17 18

    Condenser Water Outlet Temperature, T3 () 13 15 17 19 23

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    5. Calculated Data

    Table 2. Calculated Data of vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycle.

    Number of Observation 1 2 3 4 5

    Saturation Pressure of Evaporator,

    Pe (KN/m2) 31.33 33.33 31.33 32.33 33.33

    Saturation Pressure of Condenser,

    Pc (KN/m2) 151.33 155.33 160.33 166.33 179.33

    Rate of Heat Transfer for

    Evaporator, Qe (W)=meCp(t1-t2) 100.32 117.04 133.76 150.48 150.48

    Rate of Heat Transfer for Condenser,

    Qc (W) )=mCCp(t3-t4) 209 250.80 188.1 167.20 209

    Compressor Pressure Ratio,

    4.83 4.66 5.12 5.14 5.38

    Temperature difference for

    evaporator inlet, Tin,e= t1-t5 8 6 9 12 12

    Temperature difference for

    evaporator outlet, Tout,e= t2-t5 2 2 1 3 3

    TLMTD(Evaporator)()=,,

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    4.33 3.64 3.64 6.49 6.49

    Temperature difference for

    condenser inlet, Tin,c= t6-t4 11 10.5 10.5 10 12

    Temperature difference for

    condenser outlet, Tout,c=t6-t3 10 9 9 8 7

    TLMTD (Condenser)()=,,

    (,

    ,)

    10.49 9.73 9.73 8.96 9.28

    Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient

    (Evaporator), Ue (W/m2)=

    724.02 1004.81 1148.35 724.58 724.58

    Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient

    (Condenser), Uc (W/m2)=

    622.62 805.50 604.12 583.15 703.80

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    6. Sample Calculation

    Sample calculation for observation- 5

    Atmospheric pressure = 101.325 KN/m2

    Water coil surface area in Evaporator, Ae = 0.032 m2

    Water coil surface area in Condenser, Ac = 0.032 m2

    Evaporator gauge pressure, pe = -68 KN/m2

    Evaporator absolute pressure, Pe = (-68+101.325) KN/m2

    = 33.33 KN/m2

    Condenser gauge pressure, pc = 78 KN/m2

    Condenser absolute Pressure, Pc = (78+101.325) KN/m2

    = 179.325 KN/m2

    Compressor Pressure Ratio,

    =

    179.325

    33.33 = 5.38

    Evaporator water flow rate, e = 4 g/s

    Evaporator water inlet temperature, t1 = 19

    Evaporator water outlet temperature, t2 =10

    Rate of heat transfer to water in evaporator, Qe = eCp(t1-t2)

    = 44.18(19-10) W

    = 150.48 W

    Condenser water flow rate, c = 10 g/s

    Condenser water inlet temperature, t4 = 18

    Condenser water outlet temperature, t3 = 23

    Rate of heat transfer to water in Condenser, Qc = cCp(t3-t4)

    = 104.18(23-18) W

    = 209 W

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    For Evaporator

    Evaporator temperature, t5 = 7

    Tin = ( t1- t5 )

    = (19-7)

    =12

    Tout = (t2- t5)

    = (10-7)

    = 3

    TLMTD =

    ln(

    )

    = 123

    ln(12

    3)

    = 6.49

    For evaporator overall heat transfer coefficient, Ue =

    = 150.48

    0.0326.49 W/m2

    = 724.58 W/m2

    For Condenser

    Condenser temperature, t6 = 30

    Tin = ( t6- t4 )

    = (30-18)

    = 12

    Tout = ( t6- t3 )

    = (30-23)

    = 7

    TLMTD =

    ln(

    )

    = 127

    ln(12

    7)

    = 9.28

    For condenser overall heat transfer coefficient, Ue =

    = 209

    0.0329.28W/m2.0 C

    = 703.79 W/m2

    703.8 W/m2

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    7. Graphs

    7.1 Graph of Saturation pressure vs. Saturation temperature for both evaporator and condenser

    Figure 9. Saturation pressure vs. saturation temperature curve for both evaporator and

    condenser

    y = 32.33

    R = 0

    y = 3.9667x + 59.397

    R = 0.9859

    0

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    120

    140

    160

    180

    200

    0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

    1 s

    mal

    l sq

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    e =

    5 K

    Pa

    Sat

    ura

    tion P

    ress

    ure

    , (

    KP

    a )

    Saturation Temperature, ( C ) 1 small square = 1C

    Evaporator

    Condenser

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    7.2 Graph of rate of heat transfer vs. condensing temperature for both evaporator and condenser

    Figure 10. Rate of heat transfer vs. condensing temperature curve for both evaporator

    and condenser

    y = 7.3825x - 70.093

    R = 0.8415

    y = 4.0215x + 53.305

    R = 0.9914

    90

    100

    110

    120

    130

    140

    150

    160

    170

    180

    190

    22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

    Rat

    e of

    hea

    t tr

    ansf

    er f

    or

    both

    evap

    ora

    tor

    and

    co

    nd

    ense

    r(W

    )

    (1 s

    quar

    e unit

    = 2

    W)

    Condensing temperature(C) (1 square unit = 0.4 C )

    Evaporator

    Condenser

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    7.3 Graph of rate of heat transfer vs. compressor pressure ratio for both evaporator and condenser

    Figure 11. Rate of heat transfer vs. compressor pressure ratio curve for both evaporator and

    condenser

    y = 64.155x - 192.03

    R = 0.6918

    y = -68.943x + 551.33

    R = 0.3951

    80

    100

    120

    140

    160

    180

    200

    220

    240

    260

    4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5

    Rat

    e of

    hea

    t tr

    anfe

    r fo

    r both

    evap

    ora

    tor

    and

    co

    nd

    ense

    r(W

    )

    1 s

    quar

    e um

    it =

    10 W

    Compressor pressure ratio

    1 square unit = 0.04

    Evaporator

    Condensor

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    8. Result

    Results obtained in the experiment are shown below:

    Table 3. Tabulated data of the results (rate of heat transfer, compressor pressure ratio,

    and overall heat transfer coefficient for evaporator and condenser).

    Observation

    Number

    Rate of Heat

    Transfer to

    Water in

    Evaporator,

    Qe (W)

    Rate of Heat

    Transfer to

    Water in

    Condenser,

    Qc (W)

    Overall Heat

    Transfer

    Coefficient,

    Ue(W/m2.)

    Over all Heat

    Transfer

    Coefficient,

    Uc(W/m2.)

    Compressor

    Pressure

    Ratio,

    ( Pc / Pe)

    1 100.32 209 724.02 622.62 4.83

    2 117.04 250.8 1004.81 805.50 4.66

    3 133.76 188.1 1148.35 604.12 5.12

    4 150.48 167.2 724.35 583.15 5.14

    5 150.48 209 724.58 703.80 5.38

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    9. Discussion

    From the calculated data the required graphs, i.e.

    I. Saturation pressure vs. Saturation temperature curve,

    II. Rate of heat transfer vs. Condensing temperature curve and

    III. Rate of heat transfer vs. Compressor pressure ratio curve for both evaporator and

    condenser

    are shown above. Though the curves shows the general characteristics somewhat accurately,

    these experimental curves show some deviations from the theoretical curves. The major causes

    for the deviation of the experimental graphs4 from the theoretical graphs are discussed below.

    i) Saturation pressure vs. Saturation temperature curve

    The relationship between saturation pressure and temperature was observed in both evaporator

    and condenser. However variation of evaporating temperature was small for all but extreme

    changes in cooling water flow.

    As the condenser contains refrigerants in all stages from superheated vapor through to sub

    cooled liquid the thermometer pocket t6 only records temperature close to saturation when the

    pocket is showing signs of condensed liquid. Therefore it is recommended that the pressure

    temperature relationship in the condenser is investigated as the condenser pressure increases.

    In case of investigating pressure temperature relationship by reducing the condenser pressure

    then the t6 thermometer pocket will be at a temperature that is higher than the surrounding

    vapor due to its thermal inertia. Therefore no vapor will condense on the pocket and an

    incorrect temperature will be measured.

    The theoretical graph of saturation pressure vs. saturation temperature for both evaporator and

    condenser for R141b is shown below. Here the standard pressure gauge accuracy of 1% of

    gauge full scale has been shown as dotted lines about a mean. We can see from the graph that,

    the curves of condenser and evaporator are so close and the trend line seems to be a single one.

    But form the experimental graph (figure. 12), it can be seen that they are far apart due to the

    discrepancies like reading errors, absolute accuracy of temperatures etc.

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    Figure 12. The theoretical graph of saturation pressure vs. saturation temperature for

    both evaporator and condenser4

    ii) Rate of heat transfer vs. Condensing temperature curve

    The effect of evaporating temperature on the refrigerator rate could be investigated, but due to

    the limited effect on evaporating temperature it is more graphic to investigate condensing

    temperature. The effect of increasing the condensing temperature on many refrigeration system

    and heat pumps is a reduction in the heat discharge from the condenser and in many cases a

    smaller reduction in the refrigerating effect at the evaporator.

    The following theoretical graph shows that the heat transfer at the condenser decreases as the

    condensing temperature increases. From the graph it can be seen that the evaporator curve is

    parallel to x-axis and condenser curve makes a negative slope. But form the experimental graph

    it can be seen that the evaporator curve is not parallel to x- axis and condenser curve is different

    from the theoretical one. Here heat transfer rate for both evaporator and condenser increases

    with condensing temperature. Which may be due to the discrepancies like pressure variation,

    reading error etc.

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    Figure 13. Theoretical graph of heat transfer vs. condensing temperature for both

    evaporator and condenser4

    iii) Rate of heat transfer vs. Compressor pressure ratio curve for both evaporator

    and condenser

    The theoretical curve for the Rate of heat transfer vs. Compressor pressure ratio shows that the

    heat transfer at the condenser decreases as the compressor pressure ratio increases. From the

    graph it can be seen that the evaporator curve is parallel to x-axis and condenser curve makes

    a negative slope. form the experimental graph it can be seen that condenser curve is same as

    the theoretical one but the evaporator curve is not parallel to x- axis rather it is positively sloped

    and. Here heat transfer rate increases for evaporator and decreases for condenser with

    compressor pressure ratio.

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    Figure 14. Theoretical graph of heat transfer vs. compressor pressure ratio for both

    evaporator and condenser4

    The deviation of experimental curves and some observations of data for which the rate of heat

    transfer was not identical with other calculated value which might cause from the following

    discrepancies.

    The experiment and the calculations was done considering the system to be operated

    on ideal Carnot cycle. But in actual case the conditions vary from the ideal one. The

    actual compression process starts in superheated vapor region, not on the saturated

    vapor line. The actual compression process is irreversible (not isentropic) and goes in

    the direction of increase of entropy. And at the end of the actual heat rejection process

    in the condenser the liquid is sub cooled, not saturated.

    Presence of air in refrigeration unit causes the compressor delivery pressure to rise,

    reducing the coefficient of performance. This increase of pressure is generally due to -

    (i) the total pressure in the condenser is approximately equal to the sum of the

    refrigerant saturation pressure and the pressure of the air present. And (ii) the air tends

    to be swept towards the heat transfer surfaces, forming an insulated layer which reduces

    the heat transfer coefficient

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    Because of fluid friction small pressure drops occur and some error is found in

    calculation. A small heat exchange also occurs with the surroundings of the system as

    the system cant be insulated in such a way so that no heat is exchanged with the

    surroundings.

    Another cause for the deviation of the vapor compression cycle applied for actual

    refrigeration cycles from the Carnot cycle is due to the irreversibility in expansion in

    the throttle valve and also in the compression process. Error is found therefor in the

    calculation and experimental graphs deviate from the theoretical one.

    Pressure of condenser was increasing very rapidly and was not stable enough to get

    accurate values of temperature for corresponding pressure of condenser.

    Mass flow rate had to be controlled by observing the flow meter as the flow rate was

    not constant in any certain observation. It was fluctuating a little bit.

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    10. Conclusion Modern life has reached in such position that temperature control is unavoidable in various

    cases which cant be imagined without refrigeration. So it is important to have an overall

    knowledge about refrigeration system, its different parts and operating modes. Selection of

    refrigerator for any purpose depends on refrigerant types, efficiency required, system

    characteristics and environmental feature. In this experiment all the separate parts of the

    refrigeration unit, their structure and mechanisms had been well observed and studied. The

    objective of this experiment have been completely achieved as required and at the same time,

    all the parameters required to be solved have been calculated and solved accordingly. In

    addition, all of the experiments have eventually being done according to the procedures given

    systematically and appropriately. There were many discrepancies while performing the

    experiment due to which experimental data deviates from the theoretical one. But still it is very

    helpful to acquire a general idea on refrigeration.

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    York, pp. 115-120.

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    Nomenclature

    List of symbols used throughout the report are given below:

    Table 4. List of symbols

    Symbol Significance Unit (SI)

    COP Coefficient of performance Unitless

    h Enthalpy J

    I Current Amp

    P Pressure KPa

    Q Supplied heat Watt

    Qc Heat removed from cold reservoir Watt

    QH Heat supplied to hot reservoir Watt

    QL Amount of heat of low temperature source Watt

    S Entropy KJ K-1

    Tm Logarithmic Mean Temperature Difference

    (LMDT) C

    Tcold Temperature of cold reservoir C

    Thot Temperature of hot reservoir C

    TH Temperature of condenser C

    TL Temperature of evaporator C

    U Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient W/m2C

    W Work J

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    Appendices

    A. Choice of Refrigerant.

    B. Usage and Application of Refrigeration Process.

    C. Other Refrigeration Processes (Modification).

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    Appendix A: Choice of Refrigerant

    Factors which affect the efficiency of a refrigeration system are:

    the refrigerant performance

    heat exchangers

    evaporating temperature

    condenser temperature

    compressor efficiency

    pipe sizing

    The coefficient of performance of a carnot refrigerator is independent of the refrigerant.

    However, the irreversibilities inherent in the vapor compression cycle cause the COP of

    practical refrigerators to depend to some extent on the refrigerant. The following characteristics

    of a refrigerant are important in case of selection:

    Toxicity

    Flammability

    Chemical stability

    Cost

    Corrosion properties

    Vapor pressure in relation to temperature

    Thermal factors

    Ozone depletion

    Global warming impact

    If the refrigerant is toxic or flammable it will be very hazardous and injurious to health if even

    a small leakage of the system takes place which is not an abnormal phenomenon. If it is

    flammable then explosion can take place easily in case of leakage or if pressure is built up

    inside somehow.

    Cost is also an important factor for smaller units costly refrigerant can be used but in industrial

    purpose optimization of cost is required.

    If the refrigerant is corrosive then the whole unit would be affected and would sustain smaller

    period of time than expected.

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    The vapor pressure of the refrigerant at the evaporator temperature should be greater than

    atmospheric pressure so that air cannot leak into the refrigeration system. On the other hand,

    the vapor pressure of the refrigerant at condenser temperature should not be unduly high,

    because of the initial cost and operating expense of high pressure equipment. These two

    requirements limit the choice of refrigerant to relatively few fluids. The final selection then

    depends on the other characteristics.

    Thermal Factors

    The heat of vaporization of the refrigerant should be high. The higher hfg, the greater

    the refrigerating effect per kg of fluid circulated

    The specific heat of the refrigerant should be low. The lower the specific heat, the less

    heat it will pick up for a given change in temperature during the throttling or in flow

    through the piping, and consequently the greater the refrigerating effect per kg of

    refrigerant

    The specific volume of the refrigerant should be low to minimize the work required

    per kg of refrigerant circulated

    Since evaporation and condenser temperatures are fixed by the temperatures of the

    surroundings- selection is based on operating pressures in the evaporator and the

    condenser

    Ozone Depletion Potential

    chlorinated and brominated refrigerants

    acts as a catalyst to destroy ozone molecules

    reduces the natural shielding effect from incoming ultra violet B radiation

    Global Warming Potential

    gases that absorb infrared energy

    gases with a high number of carbon-fluorine bonds

    generally have a long atmospheric lifetime

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    Appendix B: Usage and Application of Refrigeration Process.

    Refrigeration can serve us from the cradle to the grave. For some, the benefits starts at birth in

    the air condition delivery room and for a few in the modern incubator and nursery for premature

    babies. Applications are then encountered and appreciated though the often indirectly

    throughout life and for some, refrigeration is even applied after death in cooling the slab vault

    at the city morgue. The applications may be classified into one of the following five general

    groups. They are as follows:

    1. Domestic Refrigeration

    2. Commercial Refrigeration

    3. Industrial Refrigeration

    4. Marine and Transportation Refrigeration

    5. Air-Conditioning Refrigeration

    1. Domestic Refrigeration: Domestic refrigeration is rather limited in scope, being

    concerned primarily with household refrigerator and home freezers. However, because the

    number of units in service is quite large, domestic refrigeration represents a significant

    portion of the refrigeration industry. Domestic units are usually small in size having

    horsepower ratings of between 1/20 and 1/2 horsepower and were of the hermetically sealed

    type. Since these applications are familiar to everyone.

    2. Commercial Refrigeration: Commercial refrigeration is concerned with the designing,

    installation and maintenance of refrigerated fixtures of the type used by retail stores,

    restaurants, hotels and institutions for the storing, displaying, processing and dispensing of

    perishable commodities of all types.

    3. Industrials Refrigeration: Industrial application is larger in size than commercial

    application. Typical industrial application is ice plants, large food packing plants that were

    fish, meat, poultry, frozen foods etc.

    4. Marine and Transportation Refrigeration: Marine refrigeration, of course, referrers to

    refrigeration aboard marine vessels and included, for example, refrigeration for boats and

    for vessels transporting perishable cargo as well as refrigeration for the ships stores on

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    vessels of all kinds. Transportation refrigeration is concerned with refrigeration equipment

    as it is applied to trucks, both long distance transports and local delivery and to refrigerated

    railway cars.

    5. Air-Conditioning Refrigeration: Air conditioning applications are of two types, either

    comfort or industrial, according to the purpose. Any air-conditioning, which has as its

    primary function the conditioning of air for human comfort is called comfort air-

    conditioning. Typical installations of comfort air conditioning are in homes, schools,

    offices, churches, hotels, retail stores, public buildings, factories, automobiles, busses,

    trains, planes, ships etc. The applications of industrial air conditioning are almost without

    limit both in number and in variety. Generally speaking, the functions of industrial air

    conditioning systems are to

    Control the moisture content of hydroscopic materials

    The govern rate of chemical and bio-chemical reactions

    Limit the variations in the size of precision manufactured articles because of thermal

    expansion and construction

    Provide clean, filtered air, which was often essential to trouble free operation and to the

    production of quality products.

    In spite of some specific classifications would include as follows:

    Oil refining and synthetic rubber manufacturing

    Creation of artificial atmospheric conditions

    Medical and Surgical aids

    Heat Pump

    Ice making

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    Appendix C: Other Refrigeration Processes (Modification)

    1. Cascade refrigeration systems

    Some industrial applications require moderately low temperatures, and the temperature range

    they involve may be too large for a single vapor compression refrigeration cycle to be practical.

    A large temperature range also means a large pressure range in the cycle and a poor

    performance for a reciprocating compressor. One way of dealing with such situations is to

    perform the refrigeration process in stages, that is, to have two or more refrigeration cycles that

    operate in series. Such refrigeration cycles are called cascade refrigeration cycles.

    Figure 15. A two-stage cascade refrigeration system with the same refrigerant in both

    Refrigerants with more desirable characteristics can be used in each cycle. In this case, there

    would be a separate saturation dome for each fluid, and the T-s diagram for one of the cycles

    would be different. Also, in actual cascade refrigeration systems, the two cycles would overlap

    somewhat since a temperature difference between the two fluids is needed for any heat transfer

    to take place. It is evident from the T-s diagram in Fig.16 that the compressor work decreases

    and the amount of heat absorbed from the refrigerated space increases as a result of cascading.

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    Therefore, cascading improves the COP of a refrigeration system. Some refrigeration systems

    use three or four stages of cascading.

    The characteristics of a cascade refrigeration system are following:

    combined cycle arrangements

    two or more vapor compression refrigeration cycles are combined

    used where a very wide range of temperature between TL and TH is required

    the condenser for the low temperature refrigerator is used as the evaporator for the high

    temperature refrigerator

    2. Multistage compression refrigeration systems

    In case of using same refrigerant, then we have the option to mix the refrigerant of each system

    with each other to attain better heat transfer properties. These type of systems are called

    multistage compression refrigeration systems. In order to understand the behavior, we will

    consider 2 stage refrigeration system.

    Figure 16. A Multistage compression refrigeration systems

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    By looking at the T-s diagram of the system, we can clearly see that the refrigerant expands in

    the first expansion valve to the flash chamber pressure, the same pressure which the interstage

    compressor have. At the time of doing compression, part of the liquid gets evaporated

    represented as state 3 and mixed with superheated vapors come from low pressure

    compressor at state 2. When the mixture is prepared in the chamber then it will enter in the

    high pressure compressor. The saturated liquid state then expands in the second expansion

    valve where it further picks up the heat from refrigerated space.

    Because of using flash chamber which further do direct mixing process of the refrigerant, we

    can relate it with the regeneration process where we extract heat from one process of the cycle

    and then delivers the same amount of heat to the other process in the same cycle.

    3. Multipurpose refrigeration systems

    There are many practical applications in which we require refrigerating effect at more than one

    temperature. So to attain this phenomenon either we can do throttling process by installing the

    separate throttling valve or to install compressor for each evaporator having unique

    temperatures. But the installation of either systems will be too bulky and uneconomical,

    therefore we need to make this system much more efficient and economical. For this reason,

    we redirect the route of all exit streams from each evaporator to the single compressor.

    In order to understand the behavior, we consider ordinary refrigerator freezer unit usually

    installed in the houses. Normally the temperature of the freezer compartment is 18C but to

    do heat transfer, the refrigerant temperature should be 25C.

    Figure 17. A Multipurpose refrigeration systems

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    Now if we have single expansion valve and evaporator then the same refrigerant will pass

    through both freezer compartment and then to the evaporator coils where ice formation will

    start. But to reduce the problem of evaporator coil freezing, we can throttle it to the minimum

    pressure so that we can use it in the freezer compartment. From where it is then compressed by

    single compressor to the condenser pressure.

    4. Liquefaction of gases

    Another way of improving the performance of a vapor-compression refrigeration system is by

    using multistage compression with regenerative cooling. The vapor-compression refrigeration

    cycle can also be used to liquefy gases after some modifications.

    Figure 18. Vapor-compression refrigeration system is by multistage compression with

    regenerative cooling.

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    5. Gas Refrigeration Systems

    The power cycles can be used as refrigeration cycles by simply reversing them. Of these, the

    reversed Brayton cycle, which is also known as the gas refrigeration cycle, is used to cool

    aircraft and to obtain very low (cryogenic) temperatures after it is modified with regeneration.

    The work output of the turbine can be used to reduce the work input requirements to the

    compressor. Thus, the COP of a gas refrigeration cycle is

    Figure 19. Gas Refrigeration Systems

    6. Absorption Refrigeration Systems

    Another form of refrigeration that becomes economically attractive when there is a source of

    inexpensive heat energy at a temperature of 100 to 200 is absorption refrigeration, where the

    refrigerant is absorbed by a transport medium and compressed in liquid form. The most widely

    used absorption refrigeration system is the ammonia-water system, where ammonia serves as

    the refrigerant and water as the transport medium. The work input to the pump is usually very

    small, and the COP of absorption refrigeration systems is defined as

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    Figure 20. Absorption Refrigeration Systems

    7. Thermoelectric Refrigeration Systems

    A refrigeration effect can also be achieved without using any moving parts by simply passing

    a small current through a closed circuit made up of two dissimilar materials. This effect is

    called the Peltier effect, and a refrigerator that works on this principle is called a thermoelectric

    refrigerator.

    The thermoelectric device, like the conventional thermocouple, uses two dissimilar materials.

    There are two junctions between these two materials in a thermoelectric refrigerator. One is

    located in the refrigerated space and the other in ambient surroundings. When a potential

    difference is applied, as indicated, the temperature of the junction located in the refrigerated

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    space will decrease and the temperature of the other junction will increase. Under steady-state

    operating conditions, heat will be transferred from the refrigerated space to the cold junction.

    The other junction will be at a temperature above the ambient, and heat will be transferred from

    the junction to the surroundings. A thermoelectric device can also be used to generate power

    by replacing the refrigerated space with a body that is at a temperature above the ambient.

    Figure 21. Thermoelectric Refrigeration Systems

  • Marking scheme: Formal Report on Study of a Refrigeration Unit

    Name: Md. Hasib Al Mahbub

    Student number: 0902045

    Section and marks allocated Marks

    Summary (10)

    Introduction (5)

    Theory (10)

    Experimental setup (10)

    Observed data (5)

    Calculated data (5)

    Sample calculation (5)

    Graphs (15)

    Results and Discussions (10)

    Conclusion (5)

    References and Nomenclature (10)

    Overall (10)

    Total (100)

  • ChE 302 Chemical Engineering Laboratory II

    PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SHEET

    Experiment No : 7 Group No : 03 (A2)

    Name of Experiment : STUDY OF A REFRIGERATION UNIT

    Following is the list of contributions each of the members of the group conducted while

    performing the experiment:

    Student

    Number

    Contribution

    Experiment Report

    0902041 Has drawn the experimental

    setup and observed all data

    Has drawn Graphs in Microsoft

    Excel

    0902042 Has done Calculation Has done sample calculation in

    Microsoft word

    0902043 Has observed all temperatures

    of evaporator and condenser

    Has done all calculations in

    Microsoft Excel

    0902044 Has observed all other

    temperature of system, water

    flow rate, pressure

    Has tabulated all observed and

    calculated data in Microsoft word

    0902045 Has collected all observed data

    in tabulated form

    Has drawn graphs and all other

    necessary work necessary for

    creating a formal report

    I hereby announce that every statement I provided above is true and I will be responsible for

    any misinformation.

    Sign above the line

    Name (Group Leader): Md. Hasib Al Mahbub

    Student Number: 0902045

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