DISCUSSION

The experiment was to determine the coefficient of performance of refrigeration unit,

to study the effect of evaporating and condensing temperature on the refrigeration rate and
condenser heat output, to investigate the effect of compressor ratio on system performance and
to determine the overall heat transfer coefficient between R141b and water in the evaporator
and condenser. This experiment was conducted in set 1, set 2 and set 3 with 10 minutes gap to
allow the system achieve stability.

For set 1, the rate of heat transfer, Q is 28.75 kJ/s for evaporator while for condenser is
56.68 kJ/s. The absolute evaporator pressure, Pe, obtained was 49.3 kPa and absolute condenser
pressure, Pc was 103.3 kPa. Condenser absolute pressure was higher than evaporator because
the pressure at condenser was higher while evaporator was lower.

For set 2, the rate of heat transfer, Q obtained was 28.75 kJ/s for evaporator and for
condenser was 28.24 kJ/s. The absolute evaporator pressure, Pe was 51.3 kPa and absolute
condenser pressure, Pc was 139.3 kPa. Condenser absolute pressure was higher than absolute
evaporator pressure because the pressure at condenser was higher than evaporator.

For set 3, the rate of heat transfer, Q obtained was 28.96 kJ/s for evaporator and for
condenser was 10.96 kJ/s. The absolute evaporator pressure, Pe was 151.3 kPa and absolute
condenser pressure, Pc was 151.3 kPa. Condenser absolute pressure is same with evaporator
absolute pressure because the pressure is same in both condenser and evaporator.

Based on the result, according to the second law of thermodynamics it required an

external source of energy or external work done on the system to transfer heat from a lower
temperature level to a higher one. The most common type of refrigerator uses a work input and
operates on the Vapor compression cycle. The work input to the Vapor Compression Cycle
derives a compressor which maintains a low pressure on an evaporator and a higher pressure
in condenser. The absolute evaporator pressure was low than absolute condenser pressure in
set 1 and set 2 while absolute pressure remain same at set 3 for both condenser and evaporator.
For every set 1, set 2 and set 3 the temperature at which a liquid will evaporate (or a vapor will
condense) was depend on pressure, thus if a suitable fluid was introduced it will evaporate at a
low temperature in the low pressure evaporator (taking in heat) and will condense at a higher
temperature in the high pressure condenser (rejecting heat). The high pressure liquid formed in
the condenser of set 1, set 3 and set 5 must then be returned to the evaporator at a expansion
valve. Thus, the simple vapor compression refrigeration cycle has four main component : an
evaporator where heat was taken in at a low temperature as a liquid evaporator at a low
pressure, a compressor which uses a work input to reduce the pressure in the evaporator and
increase the pressure of the vapor being transferred to the condenser, a condenser where the
high pressure vapor condenser, rejecting heat to its surroundings, an expansion valve which
controls the flow of liquid back to the evaporator and which brings about the pressure reduction.

As a conclusion, the condenser will produce high pressure vapour condenses and
rejecting heat to its surroundings. It is which the vapour will convert it to liquid. For the
evaporator, the heat is taken from low temperature region as the liquid evaporates at low
pressure. Evaporator will convert the liquid to vapour.