IDEAL VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION CYCLE

GIVEN:
PROBLEM:
A refrigerator uses refrigerant-134a as the working fluid and operates on an ideal
vapour compression refrigeration cycle between (blank) Mpa and (blank) Mpa. If the
mass flow rate of the refrigerant is (blank) kg/s, determine ANSWERS:
a) the Pressure-Enthalpy diagram (Ph-diagram) of the cycle with the saturation a)
curve,
b) the enthalpy of each point,
c) the rate of heat removal from the refrigerated space (KW),
d) the power input to the compressor (KW),
e) the rate of heat rejection to the environment (KW), and
f) the COP of the refrigerator

Pressure at evaporator, Pe (MPa) =

1
b)
Pressure at condenser, Pc (MPa) =
1.3

Mass flow rate, m (kg/s) =

1 c)

d)
e)
f)
Pressure at evaporator, Pe (MPa) = 1
Pressure at condenser, Pc (MPa) = 1.3
Mass flow rate, m (kg/s) = 1

4.5
4
Sat. liquid
P 3.5
r 3 Sat. vapor
e 2.5
s 2 Compressor
s 1.5
Condenser
r 1
e 0.5 Expansion
0 valve
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Enthalpy Evaporator

ENTHALPY (kJ/kg): Point 1 = 271

Point 2 = 276.2845625578
Point 3 = 122.55
Point 4 = 122.55

HEAT REMOVED(ref. space), kW = 148.45

POWER INPUT(compressor), kW = 5.2845625578

HEAT REMOVED(envi.), kW = 153.7345625578
COP = 28.0912560643
 Temper Specific volume
Pressure Enthalpy (kJ/kg) Entropy (kJ/kg.K)
ature (m^3/kg)
Sat Liq Sat Vap Sat Liq Sat Vap Sat Liq
mPa kPa C
vf vg hf hg sf
0.06 60 -36.9 0.00071 0.3112 3.9 227.8 0.0164
0.08 80 -31.1 0.000719 0.2376 11.3 231.5 0.0472
0.1 100 -26.4 0.000726 0.1926 17.3 234.5 0.072
0.12 120 -22.3 0.000732 0.1621 22.5 237 0.0928
0.14 140 -18.8 0.000738 0.1402 27.1 239.2 0.111
0.16 160 -15.6 0.000744 0.1235 31.2 241.1 0.127
0.18 180 -12.7 0.000749 0.1104 35 242.9 0.1415
0.2 200 -10.1 0.000753 0.0999 38.5 244.5 0.1547
0.22 220 -7.6 0.000758 0.0912 41.7 245.9 0.1668
0.24 240 -5.4 0.000762 0.0839 44.7 247.3 0.178
0.26 260 -3.2 0.000766 0.0777 47.5 248.6 0.1885
0.28 280 -1.2 0.00077 0.0724 50.2 249.7 0.1984
0.3 300 0.7 0.000774 0.0677 52.8 250.9 0.2077
0.32 320 2.5 0.000777 0.0636 55.2 251.9 0.2165
0.34 340 4.2 0.000781 0.06 57.5 252.9 0.2248
0.36 360 5.8 0.000784 0.0567 59.8 253.8 0.2328
0.4 400 8.9 0.000791 0.0512 64 255.6 0.2477
0.5 500 15.7 0.000806 0.0411 73.4 259.3 0.2803
0.6 600 21.6 0.00082 0.0343 81.5 262.4 0.3081
0.7 700 26.7 0.000833 0.0294 88.8 265.1 0.3324
0.8 800 31.3 0.000846 0.0256 95.5 267.3 0.3541
0.9 900 35.5 0.000858 0.0227 101.6 269.3 0.3739
1 1000 39.4 0.00087 0.0203 107.4 271 0.392
1.2 1200 46.3 0.000894 0.0167 117.8 273.9 0.4245
1.4 1400 52.4 0.000917 0.0141 127.3 276.2 0.4533
1.6 1600 57.9 0.00094 0.0121 136 277.9 0.4792
1.8 1800 62.9 0.000964 0.0106 144.1 279.2 0.5031
2 2000 67.5 0.000989 0.0093 151.8 280.1 0.5252
2.5 2500 77.6 0.001057 0.0069 169.7 280.9 0.5755
3 3000 86.2 0.001141 0.0053 186.6 279.2 0.6215
3.2469 194.76 277.11
3.5941 207.05 272.26
3.9751 224.79 258.37
4.0603 243.624 243.624

H2
S2= 0.9157
P S h PRESSURE #N/A #N/A
0.9644 227.79 0.06 0.9157 #N/A
0.06
1.0174 240.76 #N/A #N/A
0.9518 234.44 #N/A #N/A
0.1 0.9721 239.5 0.1 0.9157 #N/A
1.003 247.49 #N/A #N/A
0.9446 239.16 #N/A #N/A
0.14 0.9724 246.36 0.14 0.9157 #N/A
1.0031 254.6 #N/A #N/A
0.9397 242.86 #N/A #N/A
0.9484 245.16 0.18 0.9157 #N/A
0.18
0.9798 253.58 #N/A #N/A
1.0102 262.04
0.9377 244.46 #N/A #N/A
0.938 244.54 0.2 0.9157 #N/A
0.2
0.9698 253.05 #N/A #N/A
1.0004 261.58
0.9346 247.28 #N/A #N/A
0.9519 251.97 0.24 0.9157 #N/A
0.24
0.9831 260.65 #N/A #N/A
1.0134 269.36
0.9321 249.72 #N/A #N/A
0.9362 250.83 0.28 0.9157 #N/A
0.28 0.968 259.68 #N/A #N/A
0.9987 268.52
1.0285 277.41
0.9301 251.88 #N/A #N/A
0.9544 258.69 0.32 0.9157 #N/A
0.32
0.9856 267.66 #N/A #N/A
1.0157 276.65
0.9269 255.55 #N/A #N/A
0.9305 256.58 0.4 0.9157 #N/A
0.4 0.9628 265.86 #N/A #N/A
0.9937 275.07
1.0236 284.3
0.924 259.3 #N/A #N/A
0.9383 263.46 0.5 0.9157 #N/A
0.5
0.9703 273.01 #N/A #N/A
1.0011 282.48
0.9218 262.4 #N/A #N/A
0.9499 270.81 0.6 0.9157 #N/A
0.6
0.9816 280.58 #N/A #N/A
1.0121 290.28
0.9199 265.03 #N/A #N/A
0.9313 268.45 0.7 0.9157 #N/A
0.7
 0.7
0.7 0.9641 278.57 #N/A #N/A
0.9954 288.53
1.0256 298.42
0.9183 267.29 #N/A #N/A
0.948 276.45 0.8 0.9157 #N/A
0.8
0.9802 286.69 #N/A #N/A
1.011 296.81
0.9169 269.26 #N/A #N/A
0.9327 274.17 0.9 0.9157 #N/A
0.9 0.966 284.77 #N/A #N/A
0.9976 295.13
1.028 305.39
0.9156 270.99 0.9156 270.99
0.9179 271.71 1 0.9157 271.0213043478
1 0.9525 282.74 0.9179 271.71
0.985 293.38
1.016 303.85
0.913 273.87 0.913 273.87
0.9267 278.27 1.2 0.9157 274.7371532847
1.2 0.9614 289.64 0.9267 278.27
0.9938 300.61
1.0248 311.39
0.9105 276.12 0.9105 276.12
0.9389 285.47 1.4 0.9157 277.831971831
1.4
0.9733 297.1 0.9389 285.47
1.0056 308.34
0.9078 277.86 0.9078 277.86
0.9163 280.69 1.6 0.9157 280.4902352941
1.6 0.9535 293.25 0.9163 280.69
0.9875 305.07
1.0194 316.52
(kJ/kg.K)
Sat Vap
sg
0.9645
0.9572
Interpolation
0.9519 P1 1 MPA
0.9478 P2 1.3 MPA
0.9446
0.942
0.9397 H1
0.9378 1 271
0.9361 1 271 KJ/KG
0.9347 1.2 273.9
0.9333
0.9322 H3=H4
0.9311 1.2 117.8
0.9301 1.3 122.55 KJ/KG
0.9293 1.4 127.3
0.9284
0.927
0.9241
0.9219
0.92
0.9184
0.917 S1=S2
0.9157 1 0.9157
0.9131 1 0.9157 KJ/KG-K
0.9106 1.2 0.9131
0.908
0.9051
0.902
0.8925
0.8792

SUMMARY H2
P H 1.2
0.06 #N/A P= 1.3
0.1 #N/A 1.4
0.14 #N/A
0.18 #N/A
0.2 #N/A
0.24 #N/A
0.28 #N/A
0.32 #N/A
0.4 #N/A
0.5 #N/A
0.6 #N/A
0.7 #N/A
0.8 #N/A
0.9 #N/A
1 271.0213043478
1.2 274.7371532847
1.4 277.831971831
1.6 280.4902352941
1.8 280.4902352941
 h p
1 271 1
2 276.2846 1.3
3 122.55 1.3
4 122.55 1

H2
274.7371532847
276.2846
277.831971831