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Example 11 Refrigeration

This document summarizes the analysis of an ideal vapor-compression refrigeration cycle operating between 0.14 and 0.8 MPa with a refrigerant mass flow rate of 0.05 kg/s. (a) The rate of heat removal is 7.18 kW and compressor power input is 1.81 kW. (b) The rate of heat rejection is 9.0 kW. (c) The COP of the refrigerator is 3.97. Replacing the throttling valve with an isentropic turbine could increase the COP to 5.07, an 28% improvement.

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Example 11 Refrigeration

This document summarizes the analysis of an ideal vapor-compression refrigeration cycle operating between 0.14 and 0.8 MPa with a refrigerant mass flow rate of 0.05 kg/s. (a) The rate of heat removal is 7.18 kW and compressor power input is 1.81 kW. (b) The rate of heat rejection is 9.0 kW. (c) The COP of the refrigerator is 3.97. Replacing the throttling valve with an isentropic turbine could increase the COP to 5.07, an 28% improvement.

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Example 11

A refrigerator uses refrigerant-134a as working fluid and operates on an ideal


vapor-compression refrigeration cycle between 0.14 and 0.8 MPa. If the mass flow rate
of the refrigerant is 0.05 kg/s, determine (a) rate of heat removal from the refrigerated
space and the power input to the compressor, (b) rate of heat rejection to the
environment, and (c) COP of the refrigerator.

This is an ideal vapor-compression refrigeration cycle, and thus


 compressor is isentropic and the refrigerant leaves the condenser as a saturated
liquid
 enters the compressor as saturated vapor

From the refrigerant-134a tables, enthalpies are determined as follows:

P1  0.14 MPa  h 1  h g @ 0.14MPa  239.16 kJ / kg


s 1  s g @ 0.14MPa  0.94456 kJ / kgK

P2  0.8 MPa  s 2  s 1  0.94456 kJ / kgK


h 2  275.39kJ / kg

P3  0.8 MPa  h 3  h f @ 0.8 MPa  95.47 kJ/kg

h 4  h 3 throttling valve  h 4  95.47 kJ / kg


a) Rate of heat removal from refrigerated space and the power input to compressor;

 m
Q L
 h 1 - h 4   0.0523 9.16 - 95.47  kJ / kg   7.18 kW

 m
Win
 h 2 - h 1   0.05275.39 - 239.16  kJ / kg   1.81 kW

b) Rate of heat rejection from the refrigerant to the environment

 m
Q H
 h 2 - h 3   0.05 kg / s2 3 1275.39 95.472 kJ / kg  9.0 kW

It could also be determined from,

 Q
Q  W
  7.18  1.81  8.99 kW
H L in

c) Coefficient of performance of the refrigerator is,


Q 7.18 kW
COPR   L   3.97
Win 1.81 kW

d) It would be interesting to see what happens if the throttling valve were replaced
by an isentropic turbine.

At P4s  0.14 MPa


s 4s  s 3  0.35404 kJ/kg · K

s  s f  xs fg
0.35404  0.11087  x0.83368 
x  0.2917

h  h f  xh fg
 27.08  0.2917 212.08 
 h 4s  88.94 kJ/kg

 h 3 - h 4s   0.05 95.47 - 88.94   0.33kW


Wturbine  m

Turbine would produce 0.33 kW of powe r.


It would increasethe rate of heatremovalfrom the refrigerated spacefrom 7.18 to 7.51 kW.

 m
Q L
 h 1 - h 4s   0.05 kg / s 23 9.16 - 88.94  kJ / kg   7.51kW
  1.81  0.3265  1.48 kW
W in

Q 7.51 kW
COPR   L   5.07
W in 1.48 kW

As a result,the COP of the refrigerator would increasefrom 3.97 to 5.07, an increaseof 28


percent.

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