FLUI

D LAB:
REFRI
GERATI
ON/AI
RCONDI
TIONI
NGCYCLE(
T1)

ABSTRACT

Themai
nobj
ect
iveoft
hisexper
imenti
stodemonst
rat
evapor
-compr
essi
onr
efr
iger
ati
on
andst
udyt
her
elat
ionshi
pofpr
essur
eandt
emper
atur
einar
efr
iger
ati
oncy
cle.I
nthi
s
exper
imentA660Ai
rCondi
ti
oni
ngLabor
ator
yUni
twasused.Ther
ear
eni
nepar
amet
erst
hat
wasusedi
nthi
sexper
imentwhi
char
eev
apor
atorout
lett
emper
atur
e,t
13,condenseri
nlet
t
emper
atur
e,t
14,condenserout
lett
emper
atur
e,t
15,suppl
yvol
ts,VL,ev
apor
atorout
let
pr
essur
e,p1,condenseri
nletpr
essur
e,p2,condenserout
letpr
essur
e,p3,ductdi
ff
erent
ial
pr
essur
e,Z,
andt
her
efr
iger
antofR134af
lowr
ate.Al
lthepar
amet
erwasusedt
odet
ermi
ne
t
her
efr
iger
atorcapaci
tyandt
hecoef
fi
cientofper
for
mance(
COP)oft
heai
rcondi
ti
oni
ng
uni
tatambi
ent
,pr
e-heat
erandheat
ingcondi
ti
on.Fr
om t
hedat
aobt
ainedt
heP-
hdi
agr
am
hav
ebeenpl
ott
ed.

1. I
NTRODUCTI
ON/
OBJECTI
VE

A660Ai
rCondi
ti
oni
ngLabor
ator
yUni
tusedt
odemonst
rat
ethepr
ocessesandcomponent
s
used i
n heat
ing,cool
i
ng,humi
dif
icat
ion,de-
humi
dif
icat
ion of an ai
rst
ream.An ai
r
condi
ti
oni
ngsy
stem i
sthemosti
mpor
tantser
viceut
il
it
yint
hebui
l
ding,
becausei
tal
l
owi
ng
acompl
etecont
roloft
hei
nter
nalai
rcondi
ti
ons,suchasheat
ing,cool
i
ng,moi
steni
ngand
dr
yingt
heai
r.Tomeasur
etheper
for
manceoft
heai
rcondi
ti
oni
ngsy
stem t
her
ear
etwo
met
hodst
hatbeen used whi
ch ar
eEner
gyEf
fi
ciencyRat
io(
EER)f
orcool
i
ng and t
he
coef
fi
cientofPer
for
mance(
COP)f
orheat
ing.Thest
udyofCOPandEERi
simpor
tanti
n
sel
ect
ionanai
rcondi
ti
oni
ngsy
stem sot
hati
tsmor
eeconomi
cal
andener
gyef
fi
cient
.
 2. PROCEDURES

1.Swi
tchont
heai
rcondi
ti
oni
nguni
tandsett
heai
rfl
owt
oaconv
eni
entv
alue.
2.Sett
heor
if
icedi
ff
erent
ial
pressur
eto4mm H2O.
3.Whencondi
ti
onshav
est
abi
l
ized,
thef
oll
owi
ngobser
vat
ionsshoul
dbemade,
Ev
apor
atorOut
letTemper
atur
e
CondenserI
nletTemper
atur
e
CondenserOut
letTemper
atur
e
Ev
apor
atorOut
letPr
essur
e(gauge)
CondenserI
nletPr
essur
e(gauge)
CondenserOut
letPr
essur
e(gauge)
Or
if
icedi
ff
erent
ial
pressur
e,Z
Suppl
yVol
tage,
VL
FanSuppl
yVol
tage,
VF
Heat
err
esi
stances
4.Swi
tcht
hepr
e-heat
erst
ogi
ve1kW (
nomi
nal
)heat
ing.
5.Repeatt
hepr
ocedur
est
ogi
ve2kW heat
ing.

3. RESULTANDDI
SCUSSI
ON

1 2 3
TESTREF
(
Ambient
) (
1kW) (
1kW)
Ev aporatorOutletTemper ature t13 ˚C 11.
5 12 12.8
CondenserInletTemper ature t14 ˚C 52.
1 63.7 69.1
CondenserOut letTemper ature t15 ˚C 40.
5 41.7 42.8
SupplyVolts:L1t oN( 415V)or
VL VAC 220 220 220
L2t oN( 220V)
Ev
apor atorOutletPressure(gauge) p1 kNm-2 252 250 264
-
2
CondenserI nl
etTemper ature(gauge) p2 kNm 1070 1092 1100
-
2
CondenserOut l
etTemper ature( p
gauge) 3 kNm 1 060 1060 1080
DuctDi f
ferenti
alPressure Z mmh2O 4 4 4
TimeI nt
erval x s 180 180 180
R134aMassFl owRat e ref gs-1 15 15 15
FanSuppl yVoltage VF VAC 180 180 180
Table1: Obser
vationdataoftheexperiment

Ref
ri
ger
ati
ngcapaci
ty coef
fi
cientofper
for
mance
Cy
cle
(r
ef) (COP)
Ambi
entt
emper
atur
e 2.
100kW 4.
67
 1kW heat
er 2.
205kW 3.
20
2kW heat
er 2.
340kW 4.
00

Tabl
e2:
Ref
ri
ger
ati
ngcapaci
ty(
ref
)andcoef
fi
cientofper
for COP)
mance(

Fi
gur
e5:
P-hdi
agr
am ofambi
entcy
cle

Thet
13,t
14 andt
15r
epr
esentt
heSt
agesoft
heVapor
-Compr
essi
onRef
ri
ger
ati
onCy
clewhi
ch
ar
ecompr
essi
on,
condensat
ionandev
apor
ati
on.Ast
he1kW and2kW heat
ingwasswi
tched
t
her
efr
iger
atorcapaci
tywasi
ncr
easedduet
otheamountofheatr
emov
alr
equi
redi
sal
so
r
educed.Themeasur
edv
aluef
orr
efr
iger
ati
ngcapaci
tyf
rom t
heexper
imentf
orambi
ent
t
emper
atur
e,1kw pr
e-heat
ingand2kW heat
ercy
clei
s2.
100kw,2.
205kW and2.
340kW
r
espect
ivel
y.Meanwhi
l
e,f
ort
heCOPoft
heambi
entt
emper
atur
e,1kwpr
e-heat
ingand2kW
heat
ercy
clei
s4.
67,3.
20and4.
00r
espect
ivel
y.ThebestCOPi
nthi
sexper
imenti
sthe
ambi
entt
emper
atur
econdi
ti
on.Toi
mpr
ovet
heCOP,i
tsr
equi
rest
hecompr
essorwor
k
shoul
d decr
ease and r
efr
iger
ati
on ef
fect shoul
dincr
ease.The 2 kW heat
er heat
t
he 
ref
ri
ger
ant
 comi
ngf
rom t
heev
apor
ator
,bef
oret
hecompr
essorandi
ncr
easei
tspr
essur
e
t
huscanr
educet
hecompr
essor
 wor
kandi
ncr
easedt
heCOP.Theof2kW heat
erheatt
he
r
efr
iger
antt
wicet
hen1kW pr
eheat
ingcy
cle,t
hust
he2kW heat
erhav
ehi
gherCOPt
hen1
kW pr
eheat
ingcy
cle.Someer
ror
smayl
eadt
oinaccur
ater
esul
tsoft
hisexper
iment
.The
er
rormayduet
other
eadi
ngoft
hepar
amet
ert
akenbef
oret
hecondi
ti
onhav
est
abi
l
izedand
t
heent
hal
pyobt
ainedf
rom t
hep-
hchar
tar
enotr
eal
l
yaccur
ate.

4. CONCLUSI
ON(
~50wor
ds)

I
n concl
usi
on The measur
ed v
alue f
orr
efr
iger
ati
ng capaci
tyf
rom t
he exper
imentf
or
ambi
entt
emper
atur
e,1kw pr
e-heat
ingand2kW heat
ercy
clei
s2.
100kw,2.
205kW and
2.
340kW r
espect
ivel
y.Ther
efr
iger
ati
ngcapaci
tyi
sincr
easi
ngwi
thi
ncr
easi
ngt
emper
atur
e
ofai
rint
ake.ThebestCOPi
nthi
sexper
imenti
stheambi
entt
emper
atur
econdi
ti
onwhi
chi
s
4.
67.TheCOPof2kW heat
ingi
shi
ghert
han1Kwpr
eheat
ingcondi
ti
on.Al
ltheobj
ect
ivef
or
t
hisexper
imenthadachi
eved.

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APPENDI
CES

Cal
cul
ati
on
r
efr
iger
ati
ngcapaci
ty=(
hevaporator-
hcondenseroutlet)×massf
lowr
ate

i
)forambi
entt
emper
atur
ecy
cle,
r
efr
iger
ati
ngcapaci
ty=(
h1–h4)(
ref
)
=(
410- 15x10-3)
270)(
=2.
100kW
i
i
)for1kW heat
ercy
cle,
r
efr
iger
ati
ngcapaci
ty=(
h1–h4)(
ref
)
=(
410- 15x10-3)
265)(
=2.
205kW
i
i
i)f
or2kW heat
ercy
cle,
r
efr
iger
ati
ngcapaci
ty=(
h1–h4)(
ref
)
=(
411- 15x10-3)
255)(
=2.
340kW

q hevaporator-
hcondenseroutlet
COP℃ = L =
wnet,in hcondenserinlet-
hevaporator

i
)forambi
entt
emper
atur
ecy
cle,
i
i
i)f
or2kW heat
ercy
cle,
h-h
COP= 1 4 h-h
h2-
h1 COP= 1 4
h2-
h1
410-
270
= 411-
255
440-
410 =
450-
411
=4.
67
=4.
00
i
i
)for1kW heat
ercy
cle,
h-h
COP= 1 4
h2-
h1
406-
265
=
450-
410
=3.
20