Refrigerant-134a enters the compressor of a refrigerator as superheated vapor at 0.14 MPa and – 10°C at a rate of 0.12 kg/s, and it leaves at 0.7 MPa and 50°C. The refrigerant is cooled in the condenser to 24°C and 0.65 MPa, and it is throttled to 0.15 MPa. Disregarding any heat transfer and pressure drops in the connecting lines between the components, show the cycle on a T-s diagram with respect to saturation lines, and determine (a) the rate of heat removal from the refrigerated space and the power input to the compressor, (b) the isentropic efficiency of the compressor, and (c) the COP of the refrigerator.

An electric water heater is fed with an input stream of 15.0 kg/min of water at 17.5°C. Hot water is then provided as two different output streams, one at 43.0°C and the other at 60.0°C. The volume of the water in the tank remains constant and the mass flowrate of the outlet stream at 43.0°C is 10.5 kg/min. Perform the following activities, i. Draw a detailed flowchart for this process with all given information. ii. Calculate the power, Q (in kW) that the electric heater must provide in order to keep the temperatures of the outlet streams at 43.0°C and at 60.0°C, respectively. You must write the mass and energy balances and show your calculation. Given: AH + AĖK + AĖ, = Q – W, where AH stands for the difference in enthalpy; ΔΗ- ΣΗoal -ΣΗit ial s As AH = H; – H,ref = mC,(T; – Tref), if the reference temperature Tref is selected as 0°C, the absolute enthalpy is given by AH¡ = H¡ = mC,T- %3D - %3D k] The specific heat of water is constant and is 4.182 within the range of kgºC temperature…

Compressor as the core part of a domestic air conditioner is using Refrigerant-134a as ns working fluid. The refrigerant enters the compressor at 140 kPa and –13°C with the required power input of 120 kW, and it is compressed to the condenser pressure and temperature of 1000 kPa and 60°C respectively. Evaluate if the adiabatic compressor is able to deliver compressed air at a minimum rate of 5 kg/s. Justify your answer with relevant calculations.

Air enters the compressor of a gas-turbine engine at 300 K and 100 kPa, where it is compressed to 700 kPa and 580 K. Heat is transferred to air in the amount of 950 kJ/kg before it enters the turbine. For a turbine efficiency of 86 percent, determine: (a)  the fraction of turbine work output used to drive the   compressor, (b)  the thermal efficiency.Assume:      constant specific heats at 300 K.Ans: 50.1%, 29.6%