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A heat pump that operates on the ideal vapor-compression cycle with refrigerant-134a is used to heat a house and maintain it at 75°F by using underground water at 50°F as the heat source. The house is losing heat at a rate of 82000 Btu/h. The evaporator and condenser pressures are 60 and 180 psia, respectively. Determine the power input to the heat pump and the electric power saved by using a heat pump instead of a resistance heater. (Take the...
An ideal vapor-compression refrigerant cycle operates at steady state with Refrigerant 134a as the working fluid. Saturated vapor enters the compressor at -10°C, and saturated liquid leaves the condenser at 28°C. The mass flow rate of refrigerant is 5 kg/min. Determine (a) The compressor power, in kW (b) The refrigerating capacity, in tons. (c) The coefficient of performance. Sketch the system on a T-s diagram with full label. A vapor-compression heat pump with a heating capacity of 500 kJ/min is...
A vapor compression refrigeration system operates at steady
state with refrigerant 134a as the working fluid. Superheated vapor
enters the compressor at 10 lbf/in2 , 0 oF. The liquid leaving the
condenser is at 180 lbf/in2 , 100 oF. There is no significant
pressure drop in the evaporator or condenser. For compressor
efficiency of 83% and refrigeration capacity of 6 tons,
determine
(a) the compressor power input in horsepower, and
(b) the coefficient of performance.
A vapor compression refrigeration system...
QUESTION 3 A heat pump that operates on the ideal vapor compression cycle with refrigerant-134a is used to heat water from 15°C to 45°C at a rate of 0.12 kg/s. the condenser and evaporator pressures are 1.4 and 0.32 MPa, respectively Determine: (a) The power input to the heat pump
QUESTION 3 A heat pump that operates on the ideal vapor compression cycle with refrigerant-134a is used to heat water from 15°C to 45°C at a rate of 0.12 kg/s....
A vapor-compression heat pump system uses Refrigerant R-134a as the working fluid. The refrigerant enters the compressor at 2.0bar, -5degC and with a mass-flow rate of 26g/s. Compression is adiabatic to 11.6bar, 60degC and the refrigerant exits the condenser 8degC sub-cooled. a) Draw a P-h chart to visualise the refrigeration cycle and display known data. b) Determine the power input to the compressor in kW c) Determine the heating capacity of the system in kW d) Determine the coefficient of...
In a vapor-compression refrigeration heat pump cycle with Refrigerant 134a as the working fluid provides heating at a rate of 15 kW to maintain a building at 20 °C year-round. During the heating mode in the winter, the outside temperature is 5 °C. It is also used for cooling in the summer when outside temperature is 34 °C. Saturated vapor at 2.4 bar leaves the evaporator and superheated vapor at 8 bar leaves the compressor. There is no significant heat...
In a vapor-compression refrigeration heat pump cycle with Refrigerant 134a as the working fluid provides heating at a rate of 15 kW to maintain a building at 20 °C year-round. During the heating mode in the winter, the outside temperature is 5 °C. It is also used for cooling in the summer when outside temperature is 34 °C. Saturated vapor at 2.4 bar leaves the evaporator and superheated vapor at 8 bar leaves the compressor. There is no significant heat...
In a vapor-compression refrigeration heat pump cycle with Refrigerant 134a as the working fluid provides heating at a rate of 15 kW to maintain a building at 20 °C year-round. During the heating mode in the winter, the outside temperature is 5 °C. It is also used for cooling in the summer when outside temperature is 34°C. Saturated vapor at 2.4 bar leaves the evaporator and superheated vapor at 8 bar leaves the compressor. There is no significant heat transfer...
Problem I: Not applicable for 2017 Problem II: In an R-134a vapor-compression home heat pump, R-134A enters the compressor (75% isentropic efficiency) as a saturated vapor at 200 kPa and leaves at 800 kPa. The refrigerant goes through a constant pressure condenser and leaves as a saturated liquid. The refrigerant then goes through an adiabatic expansion valve enters the evaporator as a liquid-vapor mixture. The mass flow rate of refrigerant is 0.1 kg/s. and Cod A. Write the equation for...
In a heat pump operating according to the vapor compression refrigeration cycle, the refrigerant is R-134a. A water source of 11 °C is used to heat a house with a heating load of 17 kW. Refrigerant enters the compressor as saturated steam at 100 kPa pressure and rises at 1.6 MPa, 60 ° C. The temperature of the refrigerant at the outlet of the condenser is 30°C. a) The amount of heat at the beginning of the water, b) Compressor...