Example 9.

2-1

Equations

EXAMPLE 9.2-1 Industrial Freezer

$UnitSystem SI K Pa J Mass Radian Mass

$TabStops 0.2 3.5 in

TC = ConvertTemp(F, K, −10 [F]) freezer air temperature (1)

 
 K 
DT evap = 5 [F] · 0.55555556  evaporator approach temperature difference
 (2)
F
 
 K 
DT sh = 4 [F] · 0.55555556  superheat
 (3)
F

TH = ConvertTemp(F, K, 78 [F]) outdoor air temperature (4)

 
 K
DT cond = 10 [F] · 0.55555556  condenser approach temperature difference (5)
F
 
 K
DT sc = 4 [F] · 0.55555556  subcool (6)
F

ηc = 0.78 [·] compressor efficiency (7)

V̇disp,cf m = 35 [cfm] compressor displacement, in cfm (8)

3
 
·4 m /s 
 
V̇disp = V̇disp,cf m · 4.71947 × 10
 compressor displacement (9)
cfm 

ηvol = 0.75 [·] compressor volumetric efficiency (10)

R$ = ‘Ammonia’ refrigerant (11)

State 4
T4 = TH + DT cond temperature (12)

Tcond = T4 + DT sc condensing temperature (13)

P4 = Psat (R$, T = Tcond ) pressure (14)

s4 = s (R$, T = T4 , P = P4 ) entropy (15)

h4 = h (R$, T = T4 , P = P4 ) enthalpy (16)

State 2
T2 = TC − DT evap temperature (17)

Tevap = T2 − DT sh evaporating temperature (18)

P2 = Psat (R$, T = Tevap ) pressure (19)

s2 = s (R$, T = T2 , P = P2 ) entropy (20)

h2 = h (R$, T = T2 , P = P2 ) enthalpy (21)

v2 = v (R$, T = T2 , P = P2 ) specific volume (22)

State 3

P3 = P4 pressure (23)

hs,3 = h (R$, P = P3 , s = s2 ) enthalpy leaving reversible compressor (24)

˙ = hs,3 − h2
Ẇ s,c/m work per mass required by reversible compressor (25)

Ẇ c/m
˙ = Ẇ s,cm
˙ /ηc work per mass required by actual compressor (26)

h3 = h2 + Ẇ c/m
˙ enthalpy leaving actual compressor (27)

s3 = s (R$, P = P3 , h = h3 ) entropy (28)

T3 = T (R$, P = P3 , h = h3 ) temperature (29)

State 1
P1 = P2 pressure (30)

h1 = h4 enthalpy (31)

s1 = s (R$, P = P1 , h = h1 ) entropy (32)

T1 = T (R$, P = P1 , h = h1 ) temperature (33)

ηvol
ṁ = V̇disp · mass flow rate (34)
v2

Ẇc = ṁ · (h3 − h2 ) compressor power (35)

Q̇evap = ṁ · (h2 − h1 ) evaporator heat transfer (36)

 
·4 tons 
 
Q̇evap,ton = Q̇evap · 2.84345 × 10
 in ton (37)
W 

Q̇cond = ṁ · (h3 − h4 ) condenser heat transfer (38)

COP = Q̇evap /Ẇc coefficient of performance (39)

Solution

COP = 2.393 [-] DT cond = 5.556 [K] DT evap = 2.778 [K] DT sc = 2.222 [K]
DT sh = 2.222 [K] ηc = 0.78 [-] ηvol = 0.75 [-] ṁ = 0.01371 [kg/s]
Q̇cond = 21067 [W] Q̇evap = 14857 [W] Q̇evap,ton = 4.225 [tons] R$ = ‘Ammonia’
TC = 249.8 [K]   Tcond = 306.5 [K] Tevap = 244.8 [K] TH = 298.7 [K]
V̇disp = 0.01652 m3 /s V̇disp,cf m = 35 [cfm] Ẇc = 6209 [W] Ẇc /ṁ = 452863 [J/kg]
Ẇs,c /ṁ = 353233 [J/kg]
Arrays

Row Pi Ti hi si hs,i  3vi 

[Pa] [K] [J/kg] [J/kg-K] [J/kg] m /kg
1 129413 244.8 347360 1632
2 129413 247 1.431E6 6058 0.9036
3 1.287E6 456.9 1.884E6 6287 1.784E6
4 1.287E6 304.3 347360 1503

T-s: Ammonia