1.

A Carnot refrigerator using R12 as working fluid operates between 40

C and -30 C. Determine the work of compression and cooling effect
produced by the cycle.
2. An ideal refrigeration cycle operates with R134a as the working fluid.
The temperature of refrigerant in the condenser and evaporator are 40
C and -20 C respectively. The mass flow rate of refrigerant is 0.1 kg/s.
Determine the cooling capacity and COP of the plant.
3. A R-12 plant has to produce 10 tons of refrigeration. The condenser
and evaporator temperatures are 40C and -10C respectively.
Determine:
a. Refrigerant flow rate
b. Volume flow rate of the compressor
c. Operating pressure ratio
d. Power required to drive t he compressor
e. Flash gas percentage after throtting
f. COP

4. A NH3 refrigerator produces 100 tons of ice from water at 0 C

in a day. The cycle operates between 25 C and -15 C . The vapor
is dry saturated at the end of compression. If the COP is 50% of
theoretical COP, calculate the power required to drive the
compressor.
5. In a refrigerator the power rating impressed on the compressor
is 1.2 kW. The circulating wire in evaporator is 5 kW and the
cooling water took away 10 kW from condenser coil. The
operating temperatures range is 18 C and 0 C and their
corresponding latent heats are 170 kJ/kg and 230 kJ/kg and the
difference between the liquid energy is 35 kJ/kg. Find the actual
COP of the system (2) relative COP, assuming the vapor is just dry
and saturated at the end of the compression.

6. A water cooler using R12 refrigerant works between 30 C to 9

C. Assuming the volumetric and mechanical efficiency of the
compressor to be 80 and 90% respectively, and the mechanical
efficiency of motor to be 90% , and 20% of useful cooling is lost
into water cooler, find:
1) The power requirement of the motor
2) Volumetric displacement of the compressor
Given Cp (saturated vapor at 30 C) = 0.7 kJ/kg K
The properties of F12 at 30 C and 2 C are:

7. A SSS vapor compression refrigeration system based on

refrigerant R 134a operates between an evaporator temperature of
25o C and a condenser temperature of 50o C.
Assuming isentropic compression, find:
a) COP of the system
b) Work input to compressor
c) Area of superheat horn (additional work required due to
superheat)
Throttling loss (additional work input due to throttling in place of
isentropic expansion) assuming the isobar at condenser pressure to
coincide with saturated liquid line.

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

exchanger (LSHX) with an effectiveness of 0.65 is used. The
evaporating and condensing temperatures are 7.2o C
and 54.4o C respectively. Assuming the compression process to be
isentropic, find:
a) Specific refrigeration effect
b) Volumic refrigeration effect
c) Specific work of compression
d) COP of the system
e) Temperature of vapor at the exit of the compressor

9. The required refrigeration capacity of a vapor compression

refrigeration system (with R-22 as refrigerant) is 100 kW at 30o
C evaporator temperature. Initially the system was
single-stage with a single compressor compressing the refrigerant
vapor from evaporator to a condenser operating at 1500 kPa
pressure. Later the system was modified to a two-stage system
operating on the cycle shown below. At the intermediate pressure
of 600 kPa there is intercooling but no removal of flash gas. Find
a) Power requirement of the original single-stage system
b) Total power requirement of the two compressors in the revised
two-stage system.
Assume that the state of refrigerant at the exit of evaporator,
condenser and intercooler is saturated, and the compression
processes are isentropic.

The figure given below shows a multi-evaporator, vapor

compression refrigeration system working with ammonia. The
refrigeration capacity of the high temperature evaporator operating
at 6.7o C is 5 TR, while it is 10 TR for the low temperature
evaporator operating at 34.4o C. The condenser pressure is 10.8
bar.
Assuming saturated conditions at the exit of evaporators and
condenser, ammonia vapor to behave as an ideal gas with a gas
constant of 0.4882 kJ/kg.K and isentropic index (cp/cv) of 1.29,
and isentropic compression:
a) Find the required power input to compressor in kW
b) Find the required power input if instead of using a single
compressor, individual compressors are used for low and high
temperature evaporators.
Use the data given in the table: