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Thermodynamic
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Name of Experiment
“Determination of the COP and Tonnage Capacity of a Heat
Pump RAC System”
2nd Class
Date : 7 / 5 /2017
Year : 2016-2017
Introduction
The coefficient of performance or COP (sometimes CP or
CoP) of a heat pump, refrigerator or air conditioning system is a
ratio of useful heating or cooling provided to work
required. Higher COPs equate to lower operating costs. The
COP usually exceeds 1, especially in heat pumps, because,
instead of just converting work to heat (which, if 100% efficient,
would be a COP_hp of 1), it pumps additional heat from a heat
source to where the heat is required. For complete systems, COP
calculations should include energy consumption of all power
consuming auxiliaries. COP is highly dependent on operating
conditions, especially absolute temperature and relative
temperature between sink and system, and is often graphed or
averaged against expected conditions
Heat pump:- is a device that transfers heat energy from a source
of heat to a destination called a "heat sink". Heat pumps are
designed to move thermal energy in the opposite direction of
spontaneous heat transfer by absorbing heat from a cold space
and releasing it to a warmer one. A heat pump uses a small
amount of external power to accomplish the work of transferring
energy from the heat source to the heat sink
Objective:-To study the air-to-air heat pump and its components
as well as to determine the COP and tonnage capacity of the
RAC system.
Theoretical Part:
P=ḿ ( h2−h1 )
(1)
For Evaporator
Qe =ḿ ( h1−h 4 )
(2)
For Condenser
Qc =ḿ ( h2−h 3 )
(3)
( h2−h3 )
COP HP=
( h2−h1 )
(5)
COP HP=1+COPref
Procedure: