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UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

DEPT. CHEMICAL AND MINING ENGINEERING


CP 203: Engineering Thermodynamics TUTORIAL: 9
1. Refrigerant 22 is the working fluid in a Carnot refrigeration cycle operating at steady state. The
refrigerant enters the condenser as saturated vapor at 32°C and exits as saturated liquid. The
evaporator operates at 0°C. What is the coefficient of performance of the cycle? Determine, in kJ
per kg of refrigerant flowing (a) the work input to the compressor. (b) the work developed by the
turbine. (c) the heat transfer to the refrigerant passing through the evaporator.
2. Refrigerant 22 is the working fluid in a Carnot vapour refrigeration cycle for which the evaporator
temperature is ─30°C. Saturated vapor enters the condenser at 36°C, and saturated liquid e xits at
the same temperature. The mass flow rate of refrigerant is 10 kg/min. Determine (a) the rate of heat
transfer to the refrigerant passing through the evaporator, in kW. (b) the net power input to the
cycle, in kW. (c) the coefficient of performance. (d) the refrigeration capacity, in tons.
3. A vapor-compression refrigeration cycle operates at steady state with Refrigerant 134a as the
working fluid. Saturated vapor enters the compressor at 2 bar, and saturated liquid exits the
condenser at 8 bar. The isentropic compressor efficiency is 80%. The mass flow rate of refrigerant
is 7 kg/min. Determine (a) the compressor power, in kW. (b) the refrigeration capacity, in tons. (c)
the coefficient of performance.
4. Figure 9.1 gives data for an ideal vapor-compression heat pump cycle operating at steady state with
Refrigerant 134a as the working fluid. The heat pump provides heating at a rate of 15 kW to
maintain the interior of a building at 20 0 C when the outside temperature is 5 0 C. Sketch the T–s
diagram for the cycle and determine the (a) temperatures at the principal states of the cycle, each in
0
C. (b) the power input to the compressor, in kW. (c) the coefficient of performance. (d) the
coefficient of performance for a Carnot heat pump cycle operating between reservoirs at the
building interior and outside temperatures, respectively. Compare the coefficients of performance
determined in (c) and (d). Discuss
5. An office building requires a heat transfer rate of 20 kW to maintain the inside temperature at 21 0 C
when the outside temperature is 00 C. A vapor-compression heat pump with Refrigerant 134a as the
working fluid is to be used to provide the necessary heating. The compressor operates adiabatically
with an isentropic efficiency of 82%. Specify appropriate evaporator and condenser pressures of a
cycle for this purpose assuming ∆Tcond = ∆T evap = 100 C, as shownin Figure 9.2. The states are
numbered as in Fig. 10.13. The refrigerant exits the evaporator as saturated vapor and exits the
condenser as saturated liquid at the respective pressures. Determine the (a) mass flow rate of
refrigerant, in kg/s. (b) compressor power, in kW. (c) coefficient of performance and compare with
the coefficient of performance for a Carnot heat pump cycle operating between reservoirs at the
inside and outside temperatures, respectively.
6. The table 1 provides steady-state operating data for an ideal Brayton refrigeration cycle with air as
the working fluid. The principal states are numbered as in Fig. 10.15. The volumetric flow rate at
the turbine inlet is 0.4 m/s. Sketch the T–s diagram for the cycle and determine the (a) specific
enthalpy, in kJ/kg, at the turbine exit. (b) mass flow rate, in kg/s. (c) net power input, in kW. (d)
refrigeration capacity, in kW. (e) coefficient of performance.
7. Air at 2 bar, 380 K is extracted from a main jet engine compressor for cabin cooling. The extracted
air enters a heat exchanger where it is cooled at constant pressure to 320 K through heat transfer
with the ambient. It then expands adiabatically to 0.95 bar through a turbine and is discharged into
the cabin. The turbine has an isentropic efficiency of 75%. If the mass flow rate of the air is 1.0
kg/s, determine (a) the power developed by the turbine, in kW. (b) the rate of heat transfer from the
air to the ambient, in kW.

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Figure 9.1

Figure 9.2

Table 1

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