Consider an ideal refrigeration cycle that has a condenser temperature of 45°C and an evaporator temperature of −15°C. Determine the coefficient of performance of this refrigerator for the working fluid R-12.
Ideal refrigeration cycle
\begin{aligned}& T _{\text {cond }}=45^{\circ} C = T _3 \\& T _{\text {evap }}=-15^{\circ} C = T _1\end{aligned}
The value of h_2 is taken from the computer program as it otherwise will be a double interpolation due to the value of P_2.
R-12 | Property for: | |
180.97 | h _1, kJ / kg | Compressor |
0.7051 | s _2= s _1, kJ / kg K | |
1.0843 | P _2, MPa | |
54.7 | T _2,{ }^{\circ} C | |
212.63 | h _2, kJ / kg | |
31.66 | w _{ C }= h _2- h _1 | |
79.71 | h _3= h _4, kJ / kg | Exp. valve |
101.26 | q _{ L }= h _1- h _4 | Evaporator |
3.198 | \beta= q _{ L } / w _{ C } |