SIMULTANEOUS HEATING AND COOLING IN VAPOR COMPRESSION REGRIGERATION SYSTEMS

A PROJECT REPORT
Submitted by

RAGU RAM N

31707114074

In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
in

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ST.JOSEPHS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, CHENNAI

ANNA UNIVERSITY: CHENNAI 600 025

APRIL 2011

ANNA UNIVERSITY: CHENNAI 600 025 BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report SIMULTANEOUS HEATING AND COOLING IN VAPOR COMPRESSION REGRIGERATION SYSTEMS

is the bonafide work of

RAGU RAM N who carried out the project work under my supervision

SIGNATURE

SIGNATURE

Dr. Vaddi Seshagiri Rao, M.E, Ph.D HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

Dr.S. Arivazhagan M.E, Ph.D SUPERVISOR HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

Mechanical Engineering St. Josephs College of Engineering Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Road, Chennai 600 119

Mechanical Engineering St. Josephs College of Engineering Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi road, Chennai 600 119

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: ST.JOSEPHS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING : MECHANICAL ENGINEERING : VIII Name of supervisor with designation
Dr.S.ARIVAZHAGAN

Name of the student who Title of the Project have done the project SIMULTANEOUS RAGU RAM N HEATING AND COOLING IN VAPOR COMPRESSION REGRIGERATION SYSTEMS

M.E, Ph.D Head of the Department

This report of project work submitted by the above students in partial fulfillment for the award of Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Degree in Anna University were evaluated and conformed to be reports of the work done by the above student and then evaluated. Submitted for UNIVERSITY VIVA EXAMINATION held on........................

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am personally indebted to so many people that a complete acknowledgement would be encyclopaedic. My sincere thanks and profound sense of gratitude to my respected chairman Thiru.Dr. Jeppiaar M.A., B.L., for all his efforts and administration in educating as in his premier institution. I take this opportunity to express my gratitude by thanking my Director Dr. Babu Manoharan M.A.,PhD, for his kind co-operation in helping us to finish this project I Dr.Jolly would like to M.E. express PhD, my and gratitude the head to of my the principal department

Abraham

Dr.Vaddi Seshagiri Rao M.E, Ph.D, for their guidance and advice all through my tenure. I convey our thanks to my guide Dr. Arivazhagan M.E, Ph.D, for his suggestion throughout the project duration. Finally, I like to convey my thanks to Mr. John Bosco, who helped me to build my experimental setup.

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ABSTRACT The aim of the project is to conduct simultaneous heating and cooling in R22 based refrigerant system and to calculate the combined COP of the system. The results are framed through the calculation and used to conclude whether the system can be used as heater and cooler simultaneously, which have various daily usages. The justification of the experiment is done by considering various facts such as cost of usage, capacity, COP of the refrigerants etc. The experimental setup consists of compressor, condenser, evaporator, connecting pipes, insulating materials. And the system works on the basis of vapor compression refrigeration system. The measuring instruments are energy meter, pressure and temperature gauges. The condenser and evaporator are placed in to water tank that can resemble a shell and tube heat exchanger. The condenser and evaporator are chosen on the basis of properties of R22 refrigerant and from the result of design calculation. The material used in the condenser and evaporator tubes is copper. The tanks are made of GI metal sheets and insulated using 1 inch thick thermocol, while the connecting pipes are insulated using thermo resins. The refprop software which is powered by NIST is used in evaluating the results