Chapter 18: Refrigeration

Exa 18.1

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#A refrigiration plant is to operate with an evaporator saturation temp. is 0 F
#while rempvin 10000 From a cold room. The condenser is to be cooled by water so 
#that the saturation temp. can be kept at 76 F. the refrigirant is ammonia
#(a) Assuming the plant works on a cycle like that, find its coefficient of 
#performance and ompare this with the one of a carnot engine
#(b) If the volumetric efficiency if the compressor is 70% how much piston
#displacement per min will be needed?
import math
#initialisation of variables
T2 = 0 					#F
T1= 76.  				#F
h1= 611.8 				#Btu/lb
h4= 127.4 				#Btu/lb
h2= 704.4 				#Btu/lb
x= 10000 				#Btu/hr
v1= 9.116 				#cu ft/lb
n=70.
#CALCULATIONS
CP= (T2+460)/(T1-T2) 	#Carnot efficiency
CP1= (h1-h4)/(h2-h1) 	#coefficient of performance
w= (x/60.)/(h1-h4) 		#Work done
PD=(w*v1)/(n/100.) 		#Piston displacement
#RESULTS
print '%s %.2f' %('coefficient of performance of carnot = ',CP)
print '%s %.2f' %(' \n coefficient of performance = ',CP1)
print '%s %.2f' %(' \n Piston displacement (cu ft/min) = ',PD)
raw_input('press enter key to exit')
coefficient of performance of carnot =  6.05
 
 coefficient of performance =  5.23
 
 Piston displacement (cu ft/min) =  4.48