Consider an office room that is being cooled adequately by a 12,000 Btu/h window air conditioner. Now it is decided to convert this room into a computer room by installing several computers, terminals, and printers with a total rated power of 8.4 kW. The facility has several 7000 Btu/h air conditioners in storage that can be installed to meet the additional cooling requirements. Assuming a usage factor of 0.4 (i.e., only 40 percent of the rated power will be consumed at any given time) and additional occupancy of seven people, each generating heat at a rate of 100 W, determine how many of these air conditioners need to be installed to the room.

Consider an office room that is being cooled adequately by a 12,000 Btu/h window air conditioner. Now it is decided to convert this room into a computer room by installing several computers, terminals, and printers with a total rated power of 8.4 kW. The facility has several 7000 Btu/h air conditioners in storage that can be installed to meet the additional cooling requirements. Assuming a usage factor of 0.4 (i.e., only 40 percent of the rated power will be consumed at any given time) and additional occupancy of seven people, each generating heat at a rate of 100 W, determine how many of these air conditioners need to be installed to the room.

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305578296

Author:John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson

Publisher:John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson

Chapter44: Geothermal Heat Pumps

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ: Geothermal heat pumps, or water-source heat pumps, are classified as either _____loop or _____loop...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

A food compartment is to be maintained at 21°C by a refrigeration system. The total cooling load of the food compartment is estimated to be 330 kJ/h and the heat rejection by the condenser is 480 kJ/h. The outdoor air temperature is 35°C. draw the schematic diagram of the refrigeration system determine the power input required to operate the refrigeration system in kW.
Rooms with floor areas of up to 15-m2 are cooled adequately by window air conditioners whose cooling capacity is 5000 Btu/h. Assuming the COP of the air conditioner to be 3.5, determine the rate of heat gain of the room, in Btu/h, when the air conditioner is running continuously to maintain a constant room temperature.
Estimate the annual operating cost for a heat pump that delivers 30,000 BTU per hour of heat during winter and a similar rate of cooling during summer. Assume the heat pump operates 8 hours per day for 120 days in summer, and 12 hours per day for 120 days in winter. The Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER) for summer cooling is 16 BTU/Wh, and the Heating Season Performance Factor (HSPF) for winter heating is 12 BTU/Wh. The cost of electricity is $0.20/kWh.
The heat removal rate from a refrigerated space and the power input to the compressor are 8.5kW and 1.7 respectively. The coefficient of performance of the refrigerant
Someone proposes that the refrigeration system of a supermarket be overdesigned so that the entire air-conditioning needs of the store can be met by refrigerated air without installing any air-conditioning system. What do you think of this proposal?
An automotive air conditioner produces a 1-kW cooling effect while consuming 0.75 kW of power. What is the rate at which heat is rejected from this air conditioner?
An inventor claims to have developed a refrigeration unit that maintains a cold space at - 100°C while operating in a room where the temperature is 25°C, and which has a coefficient of performance (COP) of 6.5. Evaluate whether constructing such a unit is possible.
Ces An air-conditioning system operating on the reversed Carnot cycle is required to transfer heat from a house at a rate of 760 kJ/min to maintain its temperature at 24°C. If the outdoor air temperature is 35°C, determine the power required to operate this air-conditioning system. The power required to operate this air-conditioner system is kW.
An air conditioner with refrigerant-134a as the refrigerant is used to keep a large space at 20°C by rejecting the waste heat to the outside air at 37 °C. The room is gaining heat through the walls and the windows at a rate of 125 kJ/min while the heat generated by the computer, TV, and lights amounts to 0.7 kW. Unknown amount of heat is also generated by the people in the room. The condenser and evaporator pressures are 1200 and 500 kPa, respectively. The refrigerant is saturated liguid at the condenser exit and saturated vapor at the compressor inlet. If the refrigerant enters the compressor at a rate of 65 L/min and the isentropic efficiency of the compressor is 70%, determine (a) the temperature of the refrigerant at the compressor exit, (b) the rate of heat generated by the people in the room, (c) the COP of the air conditioner, and (d) the minimum volume flow rate of the refrigerant at the compressor inlet for the same compressor inlet and exit conditions.
A refrigeration system is to be designed to maintain the temperature in the range of -15°C to -5°C, while the outside temperature varies from 15°C to 25°C. The total thermal load on the storage unit is given as 20 kW. Obtain an initial design for the vapor compression refrigeration system shown below. For safe operation and other factors, such as additional energy transfer, design the system using a safety factor of 1.3 such that QL = 26 kW. The compressor efficiency could range from 60 to 80 percent. Using ammonia (NH3) as the working fluid: 1. Determine the temperatures and pressures at the different points in the cycle (points 1, 2, 3, and 4). 2. Determine the coefficient of performance value and the mass flow rate of the working fluid. Please provide picture of tables if used
A refrigeration system is to be designed to maintain the temperature in the range of -15°C to -5°C, while the outside temperature varies from 15°C to 25°C. The total thermal load on the storage unit is given as 20 kW. Obtain an initial design for the vapor compression refrigeration system shown below. For safe operation and other factors, such as additional energy transfer, design the system using a safety factor of 1.3 such that QL = 26 kW. The compressor efficiency could range from 60 to 80 percent. As part of the design, you should: 1. Specify and justify the constraints (isentropic efficiency, condenser, and evaporator temperature) you chose. 2. Show the cycle in relation to the two-phase region on a temperature-entropy (T-s) diagram. Please upload picture of tables if any are used
A refrigeration system is to be designed to maintain the temperature in the range of -15°C to -5°C, while the outside temperature varies from 15°C to 25°C. The total thermal load on the storage unit is given as 20 kW. Obtain an initial design for the vapor compression refrigeration system shown below. For safe operation and other factors, such as additional energy transfer, design the system using a safety factor of 1.3 such that Q₁ = 26 kW. The compressor efficiency could range from 60 to 80 percent. This is to be completed individually. It would be highly unlikely for multiple students to select all the same design parameters in part (a). Expansion valve or capillary tube он Condenser Evaporator www. Compressor Work As part of the design, you should: a) Specify and justify the constraints (isentropic efficiency, condenser, and evaporator temperature) you chose. b) Show the cycle in relation to the two-phase region on a temperature-entropy (T-S) diagram.