Question: refrigeration process operates using the vapor - compression cycle, using a proprietary refrigerant that the inventor claims is better than R - 4 2 2

refrigeration process operates using the vapor-compression cycle, using a
proprietary refrigerant that the inventor claims is better than R-422A. At low pressures, the
refrigerant can be assumed to act as an ideal gas with constant CV =14R and reportedly has a
molecular weight of 400 g/mol. The steady-state refrigeration cycle reportedly works as follows:
A boiler produces saturated vapor at P =0.02 MPa and T =5\deg C, which has H =50 kJ/mol.
The vapor is compressed to P =0.06 MPa and T =50\deg C.
The vapor is then condensed to saturated liquid at P =0.06 MPa, which has H =20 kJ/mol.
The liquid undergoes an isenthalpic (constant enthalpy) expansion to P =0.02 MPa, and
enters the boiler.
A) What is the efficiency of the compressor?
B) If we wished to scale the process described above so that it provides 3000 kJ/min of cooling,
what is the required flow rate of refrigerant in kg/min?
C) What is the coefficient of performance of the refrigeration cycle?
Answers: A.0.469; B.40 kg/min; C.5.35

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