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Mechanical Engineering · Q167

Refrigeration And Air Conditioning

Engineering and GATE · Mechanical Engineering · question 167

Q167

A refrigerating system operating on reversed Brayton refrigeration cycle is used for maintaining 250 K. If the temperature at the end of constant pressure cooling is 300 K and rise in the temperature of air in the refrigerator is 50 K, then the net work of compression will be (assume air as working substance with Cp = 1 kJ/kg)

A.
25 kJ/kg
B.
50 kJ/kg
Answer
C.
100 kJ/kg
D.
125 kJ/kg

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
A refrigerating system operating on reversed Brayton refrigeration cycle is used for maintaining 250 K. If the temperature at the end of constant pressure cooling is 300 K and rise in the temperature of air in the refrigerator is 50 K, then the net work of compression will be 50 kJ/kg