Ain Shams University

Faculty Of Engineering
Mechanical Power Engineering Department
4thyear, Mechanical Power Engineering

1nd Semester, 2016-2017 Sheet 2

Refrigeration

1. In a R22 based refrigeration system, a liquid-to-suction heat

exchanger (LSHX) which results in 30 degrees of superheat. The
evaporating and condensing temperatures are 7.2oC and 54.4oC
respectively. Assuming the compression process to be isentropic,
find:

a) Refrigeration effect
b) Specific work of compression
c) COP of the system
d) Temperature of vapour at the exit of the compressor

Comment on the use of LSHX by comparing the performance of the

system with a standard saturated simple cycle operating between
the same evaporator and condensing temperatures.

2. A refrigeration cycle uses R-134a as the working fluid. The heat

transfer from R-134a during compression process is 4 kJ/kg. The
properties at various points of the cycle are:

Point P T
1 125 kPa -10 oC
2 1.2 MPa 100 oC
3 1.19 MPa 80 oC
4 1.16 MPa 45 oC
5 1.15 MPa 40 oC
6 140 kPa
7 140 kPa
8 130 kPa -10 oC
If the pressure drop in suction and delivering valves = 20 kPa, and the
quality at point 7 is greater than the quality at point 6 by 0.15,
calculate:

a) COP
b) Q condenser
c) The compression index
3. An R-717 refrigeration plant having a capacity 700 kW is working
between an evaporating pressure of 0.45 MPa and a condensing
pressure of 1.3 MPa. The liquid leaving the condenser is subcooled
8oC through a liquid-suction heat exchanger. The vapour leaves the
evaporator 50C superheat and gains a further 5oC of superheat in the
suction line to compressor. The compression is polytropic of index =
1.2. Allow a pressure drop in both compressor suction and delivery
valves of 0.03 MPa and assume that the vapour is superheated 100C
in the cylinders on the intake stroke. Determine:

a) The power required for the compressor if the mechanical

efficiency = 75%
b) The heat rejected from condenser
c) The heat rejected from the compressor
d) The COP of the cycle.