BE (Mech & Prod), II Semester 22.
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REFRIGERATION
& Unit-3
AIR-CONDITIONING (New Syllabus)
PART-A
Unit-1
1. State the important applications of
refrigeration?
2. Define standard rating of refrigeration and how
it is obtained
3. Define C.O.P; State its expressions for
reversed Carnot cycle for i) refrigerating
machine, ii) heat pump and iii) heat engine.
4. State Carnot theorem on reversible refrigerator
5. What are the factors on which COP of Carnot
cycle depends on?
6. Why it is difficult to achieve Carnot COP
7. Draw schematic sketch for air refrigeration
system working on reversed Brayton cycle or
Bell-Coleman cycle along with p-V and T-s
diagrams.
8. How refrigerants are classified?
9. How Freon and ammonia are designated as
refrigerants
10. What are the desirable properties of the
refrigerants?
11. What are the different methods of air
refrigeration systems used for air craft
12. What are eco-friendly refrigerants
Unit-2
13. Draw schematic sketch for vapor compression
refrigeration system; show it on P-H chart and
T-s diagram.
14. State factors affecting the performance of
vapor compression refrigeration system
15. What are the application of flash chamber and
accumulator for simple vapor refrigeration
system
16. State relative merits and demerits of air
refrigeration system over vapor refrigeration
system
17. What are the advantages of compound
refrigeration over simple vapor compression
cycle
18. Why it is difficult to achieve low temperatures
with simple vapor compression cycle
19. Define cascade refrigeration system
20. What are the problems with low boiling
temperature refrigerants?
21. State the advantages of cascade system of
refrigeration
compression refrigeration system over simple
vapor refrigeration system
23. State Seebecks and Peltiers effects
24. State the applications of vortex tube
25. What are the advantages and limitations of
steam refrigeration system?
26. What are the advantages of non-conventional
refrigeration over conventional refrigeration
27. Draw configuration diagram of simple vapor
ammonia absorption refrigeration system
28. What are the functions of rectifier, analyzer
and heat exchanger in simple vapor absorption
refrigeration
29. What are the merits and demerits of vapor
absorption system over simple vapor
compression system
Unit-4
30. Define humidity ratio, relative humidity?
31. Express the specific humidity in terms of vapor
pressure
32. Define degree of saturation?
33. How degree of saturation and relative humidity
are inter related?
34. Problem on Psychrometric relations
35. Define the term psychrometrics
36. Draw psychrometric chart and mention
different co-ordinates?
37. How air conditioning is different from
refrigeration?
38. Name and plot the process for summer air
conditioning on psycrometric chart
39. Name and plot the process applied for winter
air conditioning
40. Mark sensible heating, sensible cooling on
psychrometric chart on psycrometric chart
41. Define bypass factor
42. Define sensible heat factor
43. Differentiate the comfort air conditioning from
industrial air conditioning
44. Draw comfort chart
Unit-5
45. What are applications of air conditioning
system
46. Draw configuration diagram for year-round
conditioning system
47. What are the components used in air
conditioning system
48. Draw the configuration diagram of window
type air conditioning system
49. Define effective room sensible heat factor
1
50. Prove that Bn = (B1)n where B1 is the By pass
factor of single depth coil n is the depth of the
coil
PART-B
Unit-1
51. Problem on air refrigeration (Bell-Coleman
cycle)
52. Problem on COP of Carnot cycle of
refrigeration
53. Explain any one method of aircraft
refrigeration systems with the neat sketch
Unit-2
54. Problem on simple vapor compression
refrigeration cycle
55. State the various methods of improving simple
vapor compression refrigeration system and
explain the affect of sub cooling of the liquid
refrigerant with i) the vapor refrigerant and ii)
liquid refrigerant on the performance of the
cycle with the help of a neat sketch
56. Explain the working principle of 2-stage
cascade system with neat sketches and derive
an expression for COP of the system
Unit-3
57. Write short notes on pulse tube refrigeration
58. Explain the working principle of steam jet
refrigeration with the help of configuration
diagram, temperature-entropy diagram and
enthalpy-entropy chart and derive an
expression for weight of the steam required per
ton of refrigeration at the given temperature in
terms of nozzle, entrainment and compressor
efficiencies.
59. Explain the working principle of Lithium-
bromide refrigeration with the neat sketch
60. Explain the working principle of Electro-Lux
refrigeration with the neat sketch
61. Show that COP of an ideal vapor absorption
refrigeration system is a function of COP of
Carnot refrigerator and efficiency of Carnot
engine
Unit-4
62. Problem on summer/winter air conditioning
63. What are the factors to be considered for
comfort air conditioning?
64. Explain the process of adiabatic humidification
with the help of psychrometric chart and also
mention the applications of the process?
65. Derive an expression for BPF and how it is
related to number of turns of coil and velocity
of air?
66. Define effective temperature and what are the
factors on which it depends on?
Unit-5
67. Show GSHF, RSHF and ERSHF lines on
Psychrometric chart
68. How heat loads on air conditioning system are
classified and explain about them in brief
69. Problem on GSHF, RSHF and ERSHF
70. What is the role of By pass factor on the air
conditioning system
71. Explain the relative merits and demerits of
central air conditioning system over unit air
conditioning system
72. Explain the role of air conditioning on food-
preservation
A. Suggested Reading
i. Arora & Domukundwar, A course in
Refrigeration and Air conditioning , Dhanapat Rai
Sons, 1999.
ii. V.K.Jain Refrigeration and Air Conditioning ,
S.Chand Company, 1999.
iii. Jordon and Priester, Principles of Refrigeration
and Air Conditioning , Prentice Hall, India, 1965.
iv. Manohar Prasad, Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning:, New Age Publications, 1993.
v. Marshall Sitting Cryogenics, D.Van Nostrand
Company, 1963
B. Data Books
(a) Steam Tables in SI units
(b) Refrigeration Tables with R-11,R-12, R-717,
& R-744 charts
(c) Air Conditioning Tables with Psycrometric Chart
& Comfort Chart