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The document describes a refrigerant-134a entering a refrigerator's capillary tube as saturated liquid at 0.8 MPa and being throttled to 0.12 MPa, where it asks to determine the quality and temperature drop during this throttling process. The expert provides the thermodynamic calculations to determine that the quality, or fraction that is vapor, at the final state is 0.34 or 34%, with the rest being liquid, after throttling from 0.8 MPa to 0.12 MPa through the capillary tube.

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The document describes a refrigerant-134a entering a refrigerator's capillary tube as saturated liquid at 0.8 MPa and being throttled to 0.12 MPa, where it asks to determine the quality and temperature drop during this throttling process. The expert provides the thermodynamic calculations to determine that the quality, or fraction that is vapor, at the final state is 0.34 or 34%, with the rest being liquid, after throttling from 0.8 MPa to 0.12 MPa through the capillary tube.

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Question: Expansion of Refrigerant-134a


in a Refrigerator Refrigerant-134a enters
the capillary tube of a ...
Expansion of Refrigerant-134a in a Refrigerator Refrigerant-134a enters
the capillary tube of a refrigerator as saturated liquid at 0.8 MPa and is
throttled to a pressure of 0.12 MPa. Determine the quality of the
refrigerant at the nal state and the temperature drop during this process.
Show transcribed image text Expansion of Refrigerant-134a in a
Refrigerator Refrigerant-134a enters the capillary tube of a refrigerator as
saturated liquid at 0.8 MPa and is throttled to a pressure of 0.12 MPa.
Determine the quality of the refrigerant at the nal state and the
temperature drop during this process.
Experts anwser:

In the above diagram, 3-4 is the throttling process, At 3 saturated


liquid enter at 800 KPa into the cappilary tube and throttled to
pressure 120 KPa.

P2 = P3 = 800 KPa (As process 2-3 is adiabatic process)

P4 = P1 = 120 KPa (As process 2-3 is adiabatic process)


From table we have

At 800 KPa

hf = 95.5 KJ/Kg = h3

and At 120 KPa

hf = 22.5 KJ/Kg

hfg = 214.5 KJ/Kg

Process 3-4

Process 3-4 is a throtteling process which is isoenthalpic in nature


i.e enthalpy = constant

h3 = h4 = 95.5 KJ/Kg (From Table)

We know that

h4 = hf + xhfg (all at 120 KPa) (where x is dryness fraction)


95.5 = 22.5 + x 214.5 (all in KPa)

x = 0.34 or 34% (Quality)

It means 34% vapour and rest 66% liquid.

4 T-s Diagram for ldeal Vapor-Compression Cycle

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