UNIVERSITY OF CEBU-MAIN CAMPUS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

REFRIGERATION

Problem Set- Refrigeration

1. A refrigeration system is used to cooled water in the evaporator a 8 kg/s of water from 30oC
to 2oC. Find the tons of refrigeration is required.
A. 266.75 TR B. 137.45 TR C. 120.34 TR D. 130.84 TR
2. A reversed Carnot cycle has an evaporator temperature of -5oC and condenser temperature
of 45oC. Find the performance factor if it will operate in a heat pump.
A. 4.45 B. 3.45 C. 6.36 D. 5.23
3. A simple saturated refrigeration cycle for R-12 system operates at an evaporating
temperature of -5oC and a condensing temperature of 40 oC. For refrigerating capacity of 10
kw, determine the work of the compressor. At 40 oC, hf = 238.5 KJ/kg; at -5 oC, hg = 349.3
KJ/kg. Enthalpy entrance to the condenser is h = 375 KJ/kg.
A. 1.205 kw B. 2.32 kw C. 3.502 kw D. 4.906 kw
4. A refrigeration system using refrigerant 22 is to have a refrigerating capacity of 60 TR. The
evaporating temperature is -10 oC and the condensing temperature is 42 oC. Determine the
heat rejected by the condenser. Enthalpy of condenser entrance = 440 KJ/kg, exit = 254 KJ/kg.
Evaporator exit = 406 KJ/kg, evaporator entrance = 254 KJ/kg.
A. 512.34 kw B. 417.35 kw C. 315.44 kw D. 258.15 kw
5. A refrigerator has a coefficient of performance of 1.6. How much work in KJ must be supplied
to this refrigerator for it to reject 1000 KJ of heat?
A. 385 B. 627 C. 836 D. 1000
6. A Carnot heat pump uses thermal reservoirs at -27oC and 57oC. How much power does this
pump consume to produce a 100 KW heating effect?
A. 9.1 KW B. 12.7 KW C. 15.3 KW D. 20.7 KW
7. A manufacturer claims that its has a COP of 1.4 when cooling food at 7oC using ambient air
at 23oC as a heat sink. Is his claim valid?
A. Yes B. No. C. Probably D. None of the above
8. A reversed Carnot cycle is used for cooling. The input work is 12 kw, while the COP is 3.8 .
Calculate the refrigerating effect in tons of refrigeration.
A. 12.97 B. 10.6 C. 15.4 D. 9.65
9. Consider a refrigeration whose 40 watts light bulb remains on continuously as a result of a
malfunction of the switch. If the refrigerator has a COP of 1.5 and the cost of electricity is 10
cents per kw-hr, determine the increase in the energy consumption of the refrigerator and its
cost per year if the switch is not fixed.
A. P58.40 B. P47.59 C. P65.40 D. P83.59
10. A household refrigerator that has a power input of 450 watts and a COP of 2.5 is to cool six
large watermelons, 12 kg each, to 8oC. If the watermelons are initially at 20oC, determine how
long will take for the refrigerator to cool them. The watermelons can be treated as water whose
specific heat is 4.2 KJ/kg-oK.
A. 1220 seconds B. 2230 seconds C. 3226 seconds D. 4250 seconds
11. When a man returns to his wall-sealed house on a summer day, he finds that the house is
at 32oC. He returns on the air conditioner which cools the entire house to 20oC in 20 minutes.
If COP is 2.7, determine the power drawn by the airconditoner. Assume the entire mass within
the house is 800 kg of air for which cv = 0.72 KJ/kg-K, cp = 1.0 KJ/kg-K
A. 1.072 KW B. 2.130 KW C. 3.072 KW D. 4.072 KW
12. A Carnot refrigerator operates in a room in which the temperature is 25oC and consumes 3
KW of power when operating. If the food compartment of the refrigerator is to be maintained
at 3oC, determine the rate of heat removal from the food compartment.
A. 1504.8 kJ/min B. 12.86 kJ/min C. 1625 kJ/min D. 2258.18 KJ/min
13. A household refrigerator with EER of 10 removes heat from the refrigerated space at a
rate of 100 kJ/min. Determine the rate of heat transfer to the kitchen air.
A. 101.25 kJ/min B. 134.12 kJ/min C. 128.46 kJ/min D. 80 kJ/min
14. A house that was heated by electric resistance heaters consumed 1300 kWh of electric
energy in a winter month. If this house were heated instead by a heat pump that has an
average performance factor, PF of 2.5, determine how much money the homeowner would be
saved that month. Assume a price of 0.090$/kWh for electricity.
A. $42.5 B. $70.20 C. $102 D. $97.75
15. A Freon 22 air conditioning under standard operating conditions of 35oC condensing and
5oC evaporating temperatures. The volume flow rate entering the compressor is 25 L/s
Determine the refrigerating capacity if the refrigerating effect is 164 kJ/kg. From the table for
R22 the specific volume at the compressor entrance is 42 L/kg.
A. 339.3 TR B. 79.3 TR C. 96.4 TR D. 27.76 TR
16. A refrigeration system consumed 30,800 kw-hr per month of energy. There are 20% of
energy is lost due to cooling system of compressor and motor efficiency is 90%. If COP of the
system is 6, find the tons of refrigeration of the system.
A. 63.15 TR B. 46.15 TR C. 52.56TR D. 41.15 TR
17. A refrigeration system is to be used to cool 45,000 kg of water from 29 oC to 8 oC in 8
hours. The refrigerant is ammonia and the operating conditions are 616 Kpa evaporating
pressure and 1737 kpa liquefaction pressure. Determine the quantity of cooling water in the
condenser for an increase in temperature of 10 oC. Enthalpy at condenser entrance = 1650 and
exit = 410.4 KJ/kg. Evaporator entrance = 410.4, exit = 1471.6 KJ/kg.
A. 4.59 kg/s B. 3.83 kg/s C. 5.94 kg/s D. 8.54 kg/s
18. A 60 tons refrigeration system has COP of 4.5. Find the gallons per minute of cooling water
required in the condenser for a temperature rise of 12 oC.
A. 81.35 gpm B. 90.34 gpm C. 74.56 gpm D. 64.67 gpm
19. A vapor compression cycle is designed to have a capacity of 90 tons of refrigeration. It
produces chilled water from 25 oC to 2 oC. Its coefficient of performance is 5 and 30% of the
power supplied is lost. Determine the size of electric motor required to drive the compressor
in kw.
A. 60.5 kw B. 92.5 kw C. 100. 5 kw D. 90.41 kw
20. A reversed Carnot cycle that operates between -2 oC and 50 oC needs 45 Kw compressor
power. Find the tons of refrigeration system needed.
A. 56.34 B. 73.45 C. 60.34 D. 68.51

21. An ammonia compressor operates at an evaporator pressure of 316 kpa and a condenser
pressure of 1514.2 kpa. The refrigerant is subcooled by 5 oC and is superheated by 8 oC. For
an evaporator load of 85 kw, determine the quantity of cooling water in the condenser if the
increase in temperature of water is 6 oC. Condenser entrance = 1715 KJ/kg, exit = 361.2
KJ/kg. Evaporator entrance = 361.2, exit = 1472 KJ/kg.
A. 11,350 kg/hr B. 12,845 kg/hr C. 13,100 kg/hr D. 14,845 kg/hr
22. A refrigeration compressor has a volume flow of 0.15 m3/s. The percent clearance is 8%
and has a compression ratio of 6. The bore and stroke are equal running at 360 rpm. Find the
bore of the compressor.
A. 375.75 mm B. 275.78 mm C. 303.37 mm D. 343.45 mm

23. An ammonia refrigeration system operates at 316 Kpa pressure evaporator and 1514.2 kpa
condenser pressure. Find the fraction of water evaporized. Condenser exit = 362 KJ/kg,
Evaporator at 310 Kpa hf = 163; hg = 1127 KJ/kg.
A. 10.23 % B. 13.35 % C. 15.34 % D. 20.64 %
24. Find the performance factor of a heat pump that operates between -4 oC and 30 oC.
A. 8.91 B. 9.58 C. 7.30 D. 6.20
25. A heat pump has a compressor power of 10 kw and heat rejected of 50 kw to the low
temperature region. Find the temperature of the low temperature region if high temperature
region is 40 oC.
A. -.8.45 oC B. 15.04 oC C. -22.60 oC D. -34.23 oC
26. A heat pump operates between 36 oF and 120 oF. If heat added from the low temperature
region is 500 Btu/min, find the horsepower needed of the compressor.
A. 2.0 B. 3.0 C. 4.0 D. 5.0
27. A heat pump operates between -4 oC and 28 oC. If the compressor power needed is 6 kw,
find the KJ/min added from the low temperature source.
A. 2395 B. 2522 C. 2798 D. 2984
28. A refrigeration system has an evaporator temperature of -4 oC and compressor suction
temperature is 8 oC. Find the degree superheat, oF.
A. 12 B. 14 C. 16 D. 18
29. A cascade refrigeration system operates between 100 kpa and 800 kpa. Find the
cascade condenser pressure.
A. 269.34 kpa B. 276.45 kpa C. 282.84 kpa D. 298.45 kpa
30. Find the mass of water that can be cooled from 26oC to -10oC from a 15 tons refrigeration
system for 14 hrs.
A. 5447 kg B. 6383 kg C. 5719 kg D. 4923 kg
31. The refrigerant volume flow rate at the entrance of compressor were obtained from a test
on a twin cylinder, single acting 15 cm x 20 cm, 350 rpm compressor ammonia refrigerating
plant to be 35 L/s. Determine the volumetric efficiency of the compressor.
A. 77.65% B. 84.88% C. 97.6 % D. 65.65%
32. A twin cylinder ammonia compressor with volume displacement of 15,726 cm3 operates at
320 rpm. Condenser and evaporator pressure are 1200 kPa and 227 kPa respectively. Specific
volume of refrigerant at the entrance of compressor is 528.26 L/kg. Compression process is
polytropic with n = 1.20 and clearance factor of compressor is 2 percent. Determine horsepower
required.
A. 60 hp B. 70 hp C. 80 hp D. 92 hp
33. A reversed Carnot cycle has a refrigerating COP of 3.0. Determine the ratio TH/TL?
A. 1.4 B. 1.5 C. 1.33 D. 1.2
34. Saturated vapor ammonia at –16oC ( h7 = 1442.60 kJ/kg) leaves the evaporator and enters
the compressor at –6oC (h1 = 1465 kJ/kg). The refrigerant leaves the condenser as saturated
liquid at 40oC (h4 = 390.6 kJ/kg) and enter the expansion valve at 35oC ( h5 = 366.1 kJ/kg).
Heat rejected from the condenser amount to 60 kW. The work to compressor is 208 kJ/kg, while
the heat loss from compressor is 33 kJ/kg. If 95 kJ/kg of heat are lost in the piping between the
compressor discharge and condenser inlet, determine the refrigerating capacity of the system.
A. 49.5 TR B. 15.91 TR C. 12.88 TR D. 13.24 TR
 35. A refrigeration system is to cool bread loaves with an average mass of 600 g from 22oC to
–12oC at a rate of 500 loaves per hour by refrigerated air. Taking the average specific and
latent heats of bread to be 2.93 kJ/kg.oC and 109.3 kJ/kg, respectively, determine the product
load.
A. 1044.6 kJ/min B. 1351.6 kJ/min C. 761.5 kJ/min D. 409.9 KJ/min

36. A 10,000 kg fish is to be cooled from 25 oC to -10 oC in 10 hrs. The freezing temperature of
fish is -2 oC and latent heat of fusion is 280 KJ/kg. The specific heat above freezing is 3.80
KJ/kg-K and below freezing is 1.8 KJ/kg-K. Find the tons of refrigeration is required.
A. 31.36 B. 34.56 C. 36.34 D. 43.23
37. A 12 tons beef is to be cooled from 25 oC to -25 oC with freezing temperature at -3 oC in
15 hrs. The cp above freezing is 2.8 KJ/kg-K and below freezing is 1.5 KJ/kg-K. The latent heat
of fusion is 220 KJ/kg. If miscellaneous losses is 14%, find the tons of refrigeration needed for
the system.
A. 28.34 B. 16.45 C. 21.65 D. 23.23
38. In an actual refrigeration cycle using R12 as working fluid, the refrigerant flow rate is 0.05
kg/s. Vapor enters the expansion valve at 1.15 MPa, 40oC (h = 238.5 kJ/kg) and leaves the
evaporator at 175 kPa, – 15oC ( h = 345 kJ/kg). The electric input to motor driving the
compressor is measured and found 3.5 kW. Motor efficiency at this load is 92 percent and
mechanical efficiency 82%. Determine the actual coefficient of performance for this cycle.
A. 1.58 B. 2.02 C. 1.78 D. 1.34
39. An ammonia ice plant operates between a condenser temperature of 35oC and evaporator of
–15oC. It produces 12 metric tons of ice per day from water at 30oC to ice at –5oC. Assuming
simple saturation cycle, determine the horsepower of the motor if the adiabatic efficiency of the
compressor ηc = 0.87 and mechanical efficiency ηm = 0.96. The specific heat of ice is 2.094
kJ/kg.oC and the latent heat is 335 kJ/kg. From the table for ammonia the following enthalpies
are: condenser entrance = 1703 kJ/kg, exit =366.1 kJ/kg; compressor entrance = 1443.9 kJ/kg,
exit = 1703 kJ/kg
A. 17.68 hp B. 18.61 hp C. 15.5 hp D. 25.2 hp
40. A two stage cascade vapor compression refrigeration system uses ammonia in the low-
temperature loop and R-12 in the high-temperature loop. The ammonia provides 18 tons cooling.
If the high-loop temperature requires 10.12 kW compressor power and low-loop 15.93 kW,
determine the COP of the system.
A. 2.429 B. 5.22 TR C. 3.314 TR D. 9.1 TR