Subject Code:  ME3L006 Name: Refrigeration & Air Conditioning L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit:  3
Pre-Requisite: Thermodynamics
Refrigeration Cycles; Thermodynamic analysis of vapour-compression, aircraft refrigeration systems; Application and optimization of multistage and cascade refrigeration systems; Fan, pump, evaporator and condenser selection; Vapour absorption refrigeration systems; Refrigerants; multistage refrigeration; Load calculations; Design of various elements of a refrigeration unit.
Brief history of airconditioning; Principles of psychrometry, psychrometry of airconditioning processes, comfort chart, indoor and outdoor design conditions, comfort air conditioning.
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Ameen A., Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Prentice Hall India Learning.
  2. Stocker W.F. and Jones J.W., Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company.
  3. Dossat R.J., Principle of Refrigeration, Wiley.
  4. Arora C.P., Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, McGraw-Hill.
  5. Rajput R.K., Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, S. K. Kataria & Sons.