RAC ASSIGNMENT

Note: Submit your assignment positively on or before 02/05/16. No assignment will be

accepted after 2nd May 2016. This assignment is divided in 4 overlapping Sets as described
below: Question no. 1-10 for Section A1, Question no. 8 17 for Section A2, Question no. 15
-24 for Section B1, Question no. 22 31 for Section B2.
1. Define the following terms: Psychrometrics, Dry Bulb Temperature, Wet Bulb
Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Saturated
Air
2. A mixture of Air and Water Vapour at 1 bar and 25C has a dew point temperature of
15C. Determine the relative humidity and specific humidity.
3. Derive an expression for specific humidity of air and show that it is a function of vapour
pressure and barometer pressure of air.
4. What do you mean by Psychometric process? Describe following Psychometric process:
Sensible heating, sensible cooling, heating and humidification, heating and
dehumidification, cooling and humidification, cooling and dehumidification, adiabatic
mixing of air streams.
5. Define an air conditioning system and explain the main parts of the equipment in the air
conditioning cycle.
6. How is air conditioning systems classified? Explain the difference between summer air
conditioning and winter air conditioning.
7. Explain the various applications of air conditioning systems.
8. Describe briefly with a neat sketch a window type air conditioner.
9. What do you mean by air conditioning controls? Describe briefly any two of them.
10. What is Claussius statement of second law of thermodynamics? Explain the concept of
COP and TR.
11. What do you mean by air refrigeration cycle? Discuss Reverse Carnot cycle and derive a
suitable expression for COP.
12. What are the merits and demerits of air refrigeration system? With neat sketch explain
Bell Coleman Cycle.
13. What is the necessity of cooling an aircraft? Explain the concept of DART.
14. Describe Bootstrap air refrigeration system with neat sketch.
15. Describe simple vapour compression refrigeration system with T-S, P-h and schematic
diagram.
16. Discuss the various factors affecting COP of VCRS. Also explain Multi-Compression
VCRS.
17. Enumerate main differences between VARS and VCRS and explain a simple VARS
cycle.
18. How a practical VARS differ from a simple VARS. Also prove that a VARS can be
regarded as a combination of Carnot refrigerator and Carnot heat engine.

19. Describe construction and working of a domestic Electrolux refrigerator. Also discuss
advantages and disadvantages of Electrolux refrigerators over conventional refrigerators.
20. Describe construction and working of a Steam Jet Refrigeration system. Explain nozzle
efficiency, entrainment efficiency and compression efficiency. Also prove that mass of
motive steam required per kg of flash chamber vapour formed is given by;
(6 5 )

=
[(1 2 ) . . (6 5 )]
21. What is the necessity of Cascade refrigeration system? Describe a two stage Cascade
VCRS with relative advantage and disadvantage.
22. What do you mean by refrigerant? Give a detailed classification of refrigerants.
23. What do you mean by primary refrigerant? Give a detailed classification of primary
refrigerant.
24. Explain the nomenclature and designation of refrigerants.
25. What are the desirable properties of refrigerants? Explain the concept of Eco-friendly
refrigerants.
26. Discuss the properties, uses of following refrigerants; R717, R11, R12, R22, R500.
27. What do you mean by secondary refrigerants? Explain the properties and uses of water
and brine as secondary refrigerants.
28. How can we detect the leakage of a refrigerant?
29. Explain various types of evaporators used in refrigeration systems.
30. What do you mean by defrosting? Enumerate three common methods of defrosting
evaporator coils of commercial refrigerator.
31. What innovation in the field of refrigeration can you propose which can address any
problem associated with conventional refrigeration systems.