Refrigeration and Air Conditioning detailed Syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (ME), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU 6th Sem ME Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem 2018 Scheme. For all the Professional Elective-1 subjects refer to Professional Elective-1 Scheme. The detail syllabus for refrigeration and air conditioning is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
Introduction to Refrigeration -Basic Definitions, ASHRAE Nomenclature, Air Refrigeration Cycles-reversed Carnot cycle, Bell-Coleman cycle analysis, Air Refrigeration systems-merits and demerits and applications: Aircraft refrigeration cycles, Joule Thompson coefficient and Inversion Temperature, Linde, Claude and Stirling cycles for liquefaction of air. Industrial Refrigeration-Chemical and process industries, Dairy plants , Petroleum refineries, Food processing and food chain, Miscellaneous
Module-2
Vapour Compression Refrigeration System(VCRS): Comparison of Vapour Compression Cycle and Gas cycle, Vapour Compression Refrigeration system Working and analysis, Limitations, Superheat horn and throttling loss for various refrigerants, efficiency, Modifications to standard cycle – liquid-suction heat exchangers, Grindlay cycle and Lorenz cycle, Optimum suction condition for optimum COP Actual cycles with pressure drops, Complete Vapour Compression Refrigeration System, Multi-Pressure, Multi-evaporator systems or Compound Vapour Compression Refrigeration Systems – Methods like Flash Gas removal, Flash inter cooling and water Inter cooling.
Module-3
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Module-4
Refrigerants: Primary and secondary refrigerants, Designation of Refrigerants, Desirable properties of refrigerants including solubility in water and lubricating oil, material compatibility, toxicity, flammability, leak detection, cost, environment and performance issues Thermodynamic properties of refrigerants, Synthetic and natural refrigerants, Comparison between different refrigerants vis a vis applications, Special issues and practical implications Refrigerant mixtures – zeotropic and azeotropic mixtures Refrigeration systems Equipment: Compressors, Condensers, Expansion Devices and Evaporators, A brief look at other components of the system.
Module-5
Air-Conditioning: Introduction to Air-Conditioning, Basic Definition, Classification, power rating, Mathematical Analysis of Air-Conditioning Loads, Related Aspects, Different Air-Conditioning Systems-Central – Station Air-Conditioning System, Unitary Air-Conditioning System, Window Air-Conditioner and Packaged Air-Conditioner, Components related to Air-Conditioning Systems. Transport air conditioning Systems:Air conditioning systems for automobiles (cars, buses etc), Air conditioning systems for trains, Air conditioning systems for ships
Course Outcomes:
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Question Paper Pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Refrigeration and Air- conditioning Arora C.P Tata Mc Graw -Hill, New Delhi 2ndEdition, 2001
- Principles of Refrigeration Roy J. Dossat Wiley Limited
- Refrigeration and Air- conditioning Stoecker W.F., and Jones J.W., Mc Graw – Hill, New 2nd edition, 1982.
Reference Books:
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Data Book:
- Shan K. Wang,Handbook of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, 2/e,2001 McGraw-Hill Education
- Mathur M.L. & Mehta,Refrigerant and Psychrometric Properties (Tables & Charts) SI Units, F.S., Jain Brothers,2008
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For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE Mechanical Engineering, 2018 scheme, visit Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem Syllabus for 2018 scheme.
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