ANSWER KEY

ME14 805 (B) Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Design

Time: Three Hours Maximum:100Marks

Part A (8 x 5 = 40 Marks)
1. Briefly explain the purpose of an aspirator in a psychomotor.
It is used to measure the humidity, dry- bulb temperature, wet bulb temperature, relative
humidity and dew points.
2. What is the by-pass factor? Explain its usefulness.
Bypass factor is basically the percentage of air that passes over coils&fins without touching
them(in Air handling unit hvac system) For proper design it should be less and less.....
Bypass ... The percentage or amount of air which does not touch or bypass cooling or
heating coil in its way.
The inefficiency of the heating coil or cooling coil in not being able to heat or cool the
incoming air to the temperature of cooling coil.

3. Confer the term GSHF and ESHF.

4. Recommended the capacity of a refrigeration system required for an adiabatic

chamber for maintaining – 300C having QDesign = 5600 kJ/h.

5. Confer the term cooling loads.

Cooling Loads: The total quantity of heat which is required to be pumped out from the
space to be kept at the desired level of temperature by the refrigerating equipment. The
total load determines the size of plant needed.

6. A room of size 12m x 5 m x 4m high is maintained at Tdb = 280C and Φ = 60%. The
infiltration amounts to two air change per hour. Determine the infiltration load.

7. A rectangular duct of size 2000 x 1600 mm handles air at a rate 37 m3/s. It has one
900 bend and straight length of 40 m. Get the pressure drop for the duct. Take bend
equivalent to 4 times the duct diameter.

8. Briefly explain the three processes occur in the condenser.

 Air cooled – If the condenser is located on the outside of the unit, the air cooled
condenser can provide the easiest arrangement. These types of condensers eject
heat to the outdoors and are simple to install.
Most common uses for this condenser are domestic refrigerators, upright freezers and in
residential packaged air conditioning units. A great feature of the air cooled condenser is
they are very easy to clean. Since dirt can cause serious issues with the condensers
performance, it is highly recommended that these be kept clear of dirt.
  Water cooled – Although a little more pricey to install, these condensers are the
more efficient type. Commonly used for swimming pools and condensers piped for
city water flow, these condensers require regular service and maintenance.
They also require a cooling tower to conserve water. To prevent corrosion and the forming
of algae, water cooled condensers require a constant supply of makeup water along with
water treatment.
Depending on the application you can choose from tube in tube, shell and coil or shell and
tube condensers. All are essentially made to produce the same outcome, but each in a
different way.
 Evaporative – While these remain the least popular choice, evaporative condensers
can be used inside or outside of a building and under typical conditions, operate at a
low condensing temperature.
Typically these are used in large commercial air-conditioning units. Although effective,
they are not necessarily the most efficient.
Prior to beginning your install, make sure you choose a condenser that will provide you
with the most efficient use.→→
9. Briefly discuss about unitary air-conditioner.
A small self-contained electrical unit enclosing a motor driver refrigeration
compressor, evaporative cooling coil, air-cooled condenser, filters, fans, and controls.
10. Explain the all year–round air conditioner.

PART –B ( 4 X 15 = 60 Marks)
11. The value obtained from a sling psychrometer are: tdb = 300C and twb = 200C. The
barometric reading is 740 mm of Hg. Calculate (a) dew point and relative humidity, (b)
degree of saturation, (c) specific humidity, (d) specific volume , and (e) specific
enthalpy

(or)
12. The total room cooling load was estimated to be, 1,40,000 kJ/h when the ambient
and inside design conditions are T db = 400C , Twb = 300C and Tdb = 270C, Φ = 60% ,
respectively. The bypass factor for the cooling coil is 0.14 and ADP BEING 4.50C
lower than that of the dew point temperature corresponding to the room desings
condition. Find (a) ADP, (b) volume of air supplied to the room, and (c) tonnage of the
cooling coil. Show the sate points on psychrometeric chart.
13. Calculate the overall heat transfer coefficient for a double pipe mild steel having
inner and outer diameters 20 and 25 mm respectively. The refrigerant vapour
condenses outside the inner tube for which h 0 is 4000 kJ/m2-h-K. Water flows through
the pipe at a rate of 0.4 kg/s with an average temperature 313 K. The temperature rise
of water is 3 K. The condensing temperature is 320 K. Fouling factors are 0.003 and
0.0001 m2-h-K/kJ for the inner and outer surfaces, respectively. Also calculate the heat
transfer rate per unit area.

(or)
14. A walk-in refrigerator of size 1 x 4 x 2.5 m high is to maintain at 260 K when the
ambient conditions are Tdb = 310 K and Twb = 290 K. Calculate the infiltration load for
the average usage.
15. The conditioned air at Tdb = 180C and 60% is to be supplies through a duct (40 m
long) at a rate of 20.23 kg/s. the duct width is not to exceed 1000 mm. Determine the
size of the duct, pressure drop and power of the blower. Take air velocity in the duct
as 8 m/sec.
 (or)
16. A fan supplied air across a cooling coil of 15 ton capacity. The air enters at T db =
30 0C and Φ = 50%. The catalogue of fan shown that it delivers 2.5 m 3/s against a
pressure of 500 N/m2 when operates at 10 RPS. Determine the fan (a) speed, (b)
pressure drop and power input to it if its overall efficiency is 0.8.
17. Determine the time required for the centre of a thin slab of meat to reach a
temperature of 40C. The temperature of the cooling medium is 2 0C. The initial
temperature of the product is 350C. The thickness of the slab is 10 cm and is cooled
from both sides. The heat-transfer coefficient is 23 W/m 2 0C. The properties of meat
are : k = 0.6 W/m0C ; Cp = 3.65 kJ-kg0C; ρ = 1040 kg/m3 .
 (or)

18. Describe the details of a heat pump working on the vapour-absorption system with
a neat sketch.