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ME-801 · Refrigeration & Air Conditioning/Official Syllabus

Refrigeration & Air Conditioning (ME-801) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Introduction

  • Principles and methods of refrigeration
  • freezing
  • mixture cooling by gas reversible expansion
  • throttling
  • evaporation
  • Joule Thomson effect
  • reverse Carnot cycle
  • unit of refrigeration
  • coefficient of performance
  • vortex tube
  • thermoelectric refrigeration
  • adiabatic demagnetization
  • air refrigeration cycles- Joulee28099s cycle
  • Boot-strap cycle
  • reduced ambient cycle
  • regenerative cooling cycles
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Unit 2

Vapour compression system

  • Vapor compression cycle
  • p-h and t-s diagrams
  • deviations from theoretical cycle
  • sub-cooling and super heating
  • effects of condenser and evaporator pressure on cop
  • multi-pressure system: removal of flash gas
  • multiple expansion & compression with flash inter cooling
  • low temperature refrigeration: production of low temperatures
  • cascade system
  • dry ice
  • production of dry ice
  • air liquefaction system
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Unit 3

Vapour absorption system, Steam jet refrigeration, Refrigerants

  • Theoretical and practical systems such as aqua-ammonia
  • Electrolux & other systems
  • Steam jet refrigeration: Principles and working
  • simple cycle of operation
  • description and working of simple system
  • Refrigerants: nomenclature & classification
  • desirable properties
  • common refrigeration
  • comparative study
  • leak detection methods
  • environment friendly refrigerants and refrigerant mixtures
  • brine and its properties
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Unit 4

Psychometric

  • Calculation of psychrometric properties of air by table and charts
  • psychrometric processes: sensible heating and cooling
  • evaporative cooling
  • cooling and dehumidification
  • heating and humidification
  • mixing of air stream
  • sensible heat factor
  • principle of air conditioning
  • requirements of comfort air conditioning
  • ventilation standards
  • infiltrated air load
  • fresh air load human comfort
  • effective temperature & chart
  • heat production & regulation of human body
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Unit 5

Air conditioning

  • Calculation of summer & winter air conditioning load
  • bypass factor of coil
  • calculation of supply air rate & its condition
  • room sensible heat factor
  • grand sensible heat factor
  • effective sensible heat factor
  • dehumidified air quantity
  • Problems on cooling load calculation
  • Air distribution and ventilation systems

Reference Books

  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
  • Basic Refrigeration and Air conditioning
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
  • Air conditioning Principles and systems: an energy approach
  • Refrigeration and Air conditioning
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
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