This document discusses using a refrigerator as an air conditioning unit. It explains that refrigerators and air conditioners work on the same principle of removing heat from a space and rejecting it elsewhere. While theoretically possible, using a refrigerator this way has several practical limitations. The refrigerator compressor is designed for a small, sealed area and could overheat trying to cool a whole room. Additionally, refrigerators cannot control humidity or circulate air as effectively as an air conditioner. Therefore, while the concept is possible in theory, using a refrigerator as an air conditioning unit would not be practically feasible or effective compared to an air conditioner designed for that purpose.
This document discusses using a refrigerator as an air conditioning unit. It explains that refrigerators and air conditioners work on the same principle of removing heat from a space and rejecting it elsewhere. While theoretically possible, using a refrigerator this way has several practical limitations. The refrigerator compressor is designed for a small, sealed area and could overheat trying to cool a whole room. Additionally, refrigerators cannot control humidity or circulate air as effectively as an air conditioner. Therefore, while the concept is possible in theory, using a refrigerator as an air conditioning unit would not be practically feasible or effective compared to an air conditioner designed for that purpose.
This document discusses using a refrigerator as an air conditioning unit. It explains that refrigerators and air conditioners work on the same principle of removing heat from a space and rejecting it elsewhere. While theoretically possible, using a refrigerator this way has several practical limitations. The refrigerator compressor is designed for a small, sealed area and could overheat trying to cool a whole room. Additionally, refrigerators cannot control humidity or circulate air as effectively as an air conditioner. Therefore, while the concept is possible in theory, using a refrigerator as an air conditioning unit would not be practically feasible or effective compared to an air conditioner designed for that purpose.
This document discusses using a refrigerator as an air conditioning unit. It explains that refrigerators and air conditioners work on the same principle of removing heat from a space and rejecting it elsewhere. While theoretically possible, using a refrigerator this way has several practical limitations. The refrigerator compressor is designed for a small, sealed area and could overheat trying to cool a whole room. Additionally, refrigerators cannot control humidity or circulate air as effectively as an air conditioner. Therefore, while the concept is possible in theory, using a refrigerator as an air conditioning unit would not be practically feasible or effective compared to an air conditioner designed for that purpose.
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Khulna University of Engineering and Technology
Assignment On possibility of Utilizing refrigerator
to act as an Air conditioning unit
Course code:ME-1105
Course Teacher: Submitted By:
Pranto Karua Titu Nath
Lecturer Roll:1905087
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Dept.Of Mechanical Engineering
KUET,Khulna-9203. KUET,Khulna-9203
Date of Submission :November 15,2020
The topic of assignment was'is it possible to utilize
refrigerator to act as an air con,ditioning unit?? If so, then how?" In short, air conditioners make cold air by using a refrigerant to absorb the heat in the air.The process of the refrigerant “changing states” from vapor to liquid (releasing heat through the condenser) and from liquid to vapor (absorbing heat in the evaporator) is the central mechanism of air conditioner cooling. the refrigerator) which makes it the system. Heat is taken from Humans, Computers, etc inside a particular space which forms the system and is eliminated into the surrounding. The term refrigeration means cooling a space, substance or system to lower and maintain its temperature below the ambient one (while the removed heat is rejected at a higher temperature).In other words, refrigeration is artificial (human- made) cooling.Energy in the form of heat is removed from a low- temperature reservoir and transferred to a high-temperature reservoir. The work of energy transfer is traditionally driven by mechanical means, but can also be driven by heat, magnetism, electricity, laser, or other means. Refrigeration has many applications, including household refrigerators, industrial freezers, cryogenics, and air conditioning. Heat pumps may use the heat output of the refrigeration process, and also may be designed to be reversible, but are otherwise similar to air conditioning units.. It is eliminated to the surrounding
Basically Refrigerators and Air-Conditioners work with the same
principle. They take out heat from a particular system and throw it to the surrounding.
The Process of utilizing a vapor compression Refrigeration system to
act as an air conditioning unit: The refrigerator and ai conditioner hunit work in the same principle and do the same work, the heat is throw out of the room by the AC but for the refrigerator, heat is thrown inside of the room.For this i’ll have to keep the rear part of the Refrigerator outside the room and open the Refrigerator’s door. But the Refrigerators are capable of removing heat from small heat sources so they won’t handle large heat sources efficiently. It will take a lot of time to cool the area with a refrigerator.Same i n thermodynamics, the net heat generated will always be far more than the net heat captured.So, if refrigerator open in a room, the room will eventually be heated.Only thing that can make it work like an AC is installing it in such a way that the compressor unit is out of the room.
If it is theoretically possible but it is not a good decision or idea for a Engineer or
inventor, Because its process is very costly and waste many time, as a Engineer we must consider both costing and product's effectiveness.
its possible by making a hole the size of the refrigerator door in an outside wall. Screw the refrigerator opening to the opening in the wall, leave the refrigerator case outside. Only works to cool the room and not much extra airflow, like with a AC unit. Unscrew the refrigerator lightbulb(s).
the coils on the back of the fridge must be in a separate room, or outdoors. There must be a tight seal between both sides. The coils will become VERY HOT after hours and hours of the fridge working at max capacity to cool down what it believes is only the inside of the fridge but it is actually a whole room. The air sensors will never tell the fridge that it’s safe to refrain from max capacity, and the system will overheat and become unusable within hours.but this not an effective process because it will not be practically feasible. The compressor of the refrigerator is designed to cool a small hermetically sealed (air tight) area of a few hundred liters (an average double door fridge can cool let us say 300 liters of hermetically sealed space.).The refrigerator system is fail due to overheating or mechanical failure of some sort. Also theoretically, the absence of a strong blower fan (some fridges have a small blower fan in the Freezer compartment) will not help cooling.But it will not be practically feasible. The compressor of the refrigerator is designed to cool a small hermetically sealed (air tight) area of a few hundred liters (an average double door fridge can cool let us say 300 liters of hermetically sealed space.). Finally, its not not a good idea for real life to use a refrigerator as an aircondition unit.Because air conditioner can also increase the temperature of conditioned space where refrigerator can only decrease the temperature of room. An air conditioning unit can make the air conditioned by maintaining relative humidity and temperature in human comfort zone, by purifying the air where a refrigerator can only decrease the temperature of room.Wher a refrigerator works for a small amount of volume wher air conditioner works for a large amont of condition space.
Even if this is partially possible to use refrigerator as an air conditioning system,
but this doesn’t fulfill all the conditions to work as an air conditioning unit. so its a less effective process to using a refrigerator over an air conditioner.
