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Refrigeration Calculations

by: Garth Denison Senior Application Engineer

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Pressure-enthalpy charts are tools to use in better understanding refrigeration cycles, for judging whether the operation is normal, and for estimating the effect of change in operation. Learning how to read the charts and to do the calculations involved will pay rich dividends in all phases of refrigeration work. Examples of various refrigeration calculations are shown below.

1. Net Refrigeration Effect, Btu/lb 2. Net Refrigerating Effect, Btu/lb 3. Net refrigerating Effect, Btu/lb 4. Refrigerant Circulated, lb/min 5. Compressor Displacement, cu ft/min 6. Compressor Displacement, cu ft/min 7. Heat of Compression, Btu/lb 8. Heat of Compression Btu/lb 9. Compression Work, Btu/min 10. Compression Horsepower

Heat content of vapor leaving evaporator, Btu/lb Latent heat of vaporization, Btu/lb Capacity, Btu/min

Heat content of liquid entering evaporator, Btu/lb Change in heat content of liquid from condensing to evaporator temperature, Btu/lb

Refrigerant circulated, lb/min Load or capacity, Btu/min Net refrigeration effect, Btu/lb Refrigerant circulated, lb/min Capacity Btu/min Volume of gas entering compressor, cu ft/lb

Volume of gas entering compressor, cu ft/lb

Net refrigerating effect, Btu/lb Heat content of Vapor leaving Compressor, Btu/lb Heat content of Vapor entering Compressor, Btu/lb

(42.41 Btu/min - hp) (compression horsepower) Refrigerant circulated, lb/min Heat of compression, Btu/lb Refrigerant circulated, lb/min Btu/hr 2546 Btu/hr - hp

Compression work, Btu/min Conversion factor, 42.41 Btu/min - hp

or

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11. Compression Horsepower 12. Compression Horsepower 13. Compression Horsepower per Ton 14. Power, watts 15. Coefficient of Performance 16. Capacity, Btu/min 17. Capacity, Btu/min 18. Capacity, Btu/min
Heat of compression,Btu/lb (42.41 Btu/min - hp)

Capacity, Btu/min

Net refrigeration effect, Btu/lb

Capacity, Btu/min (42.41 Btu/min - hp) 4.716 Coefficient of performance Compression horsepower per Ton Net refrigeration effect, Btu/lb Heat of compression, Btu/lb

Coefficient of performance
200 = 4.716 42.41

X 745.7 w - ton/hp

Refrigerant circulated, lb/min

Net refrigerating effect, Btu/lb

Compressor displacement, cu ft/min X Net refrigerating effect, Btu/lb Volume of gas entering compressor, cu ft/lb Compression horsepower

X Btu/min - hp X Effect, Btu/lb

42.41

Net refrigerating

Heat of compression, Btu/lb

Reference: Fluorocarbon Refrigerants Handbook

Example of # 15

COP =

Net refrigeration effect Heat of compression

63.7 = 6.61 10.1

139.0

100 F

SCT

R-134a

108.8

118.9

45.1

SCT is Saturated Condensing Temperature SST is Saturated Suction Temperature

Pressure (p s i a )

NRE is

108.8 - 45.1 63.7

H of C is

118.9 -108.8 10.1

49.8

40 F SST

Enthalpy (Btu/lb)