4 | eT 3 ee) a) 2 KUMARAGURU 7 COLLEGE oF TECHNOLOGY te LABORATORY WORK BOOK 2 Exercise/Experiment Number: fe Lab code/Lab + U14MEP503/Thermal Engineering Lab -! 3 Course/Branch B.E. Mechanical Engineering =>) Title of the exercise/experiment: Performance test on reciprocating ait compressor STEP 1: INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVE OF THE EXERCISE/EXPERMENT TR Oki cetre q RR expeliamy tet Pion tat on eo praateg AA Compretiay sais STEP 2: ACQUISITION y a. Facilities/material required to do the exercise/experiment: F SEH EEE F “NO. Quantity aa inn \ material required > ~~) 1 ESE E SEES eee EEC ro . L | : ‘Thermal Engineering Lab = 1 ak CarCereatProcedure for doing the exercise/experiment: Description (in full) tA YE luke Canption 5 Sep Presure o 2 lad Phetun value 4 Mk S rR volun 4, gh ie BAR chime hme, Mean AE bpm : [Na totes f mie GF Gmperin ~ A. | Repeat 2 excpeturen tele 9 deadigs s | og finally ho fle Gilosbelun tote a) 2 > c Calculations = 2 1. Density of air p, ™ MNV = PJIRT, e Fras xtss < (32 dar I ay a FG 157 8 fina 5 Pade Atmospheric pressure = 1.0135 x 10° Nim? : iam Room Temperature in K (T + 273) . R= Gas constant = 287 Jikg K a 2 Headofaircausingflowhs = hy x Pld» = (lo. 1D « (O28 3 bag > 3 ‘Thermal Engineering Lab - 1 = 6050 m, ‘2 |he Pe 1000 kin! 3. Volumo tow tate of ait Vy yA S20 Me 5a Nas oot y ng % (om * Da rant x bo FO on bt) md Cy Cooticient of discharge of orifice, 0.62. A (1/4), d diameter of oritice i a coloration due to gravity, 8 1infs” 4 Iso thermal work done Py Vag hy (Py) «10°00 bells = (Wor asd (0.006109 Sn (2 ae Toate) tore. = 0.462 KIL Py Soction prossura in bar P, Dotivary pressure in bar 5. Actual volume of air compressed at NIP. = Va (Ita) ee, b> Ovo ¥ (232) = 6.006 x 152 we hj = 273K jw (a #273) 6. Theoretical air in take = (w/4) 0? L (NJ60) (84) lon von ) xo. oo x ( Od. 7 eo 7 = 4 5 0.0126 mf. D Diamotor of the cylinder L = Stroke tongth ‘im Ne = Speed of the compressor in RPM, 7. Input power to the compressor = hy -hy (Manomoter Reading in meters) (WX Na/2000) x 0.7338 X Phases X Mia PTXIASA vom’be OF KX OW OOO a yermal Engineering Lab 1 af = 2.646 KN,Mechanical efficiency = 80% ‘Transmission efficiency = 90% Actual quantity of air Theoretical air in take Volumetric efficiency FON x gales / % Oot ‘ o R ~ +) Isothermal work done = 9. Isothermal efficiency Tnput power to the compressor > = 0-462 2 2.696 SUT lbe7, 5 d. Inference and analysis: ¥ a Manometar Reading | woror a | Motor Spring . », SE eR tenet aOiMerwmee tc ca Meer | aera 4 kgtlem? At he bth (xa F) (rpm) (rpm) md tm | ™ () : | 4 Le o_|t.4 | 40-9 | Io a L46.1| 824. | 2. | 2 go4_| 40-4 | to.2 1a. 1453 | 8. 9 ¥ |. | 4 (05 | to Ntte | Id ae | ges. 2 [i | 2 [zoe [aos | te.) | ine wag | gaz. : = ¢ ges lds l yor) | ae a9 [881% = Compressor | Aetualaiv take | Theoretical air | Isothermal Volumetric | Power x10" intake efficiency efficiency (kw) (m'ls) (m'tsec) (26) (%) 12% Z.o | 0.0126 12.92 At. 4G q 3, 90b 2-0 0. 9125 13.9 A +24 2 BIC 4 00124 14:28 64.19 2, BZo VI 2.0104 4. 31 _b4. 19 es 8-0 op. Ole tAAG 64 AT ‘Thermal Engineering Lab - 1 bE OGOY a tw