CHAPTER 9

DESIGN OF LIQUID RECEIVER

Design Condition:

Type .... Horizontal

Material Steel

Allowable stress 68.98 MPa

Condensing Pressure, Pc 1557 kPa

Total Refrigeration load, QT .... 4.01 TOR

Volume of Liquid Receiver, VLR

According to Moyer, liquid receiver must hold at least 0.50 gallons of refrigerant
per ton of refrigeration.

Therefore,

gal gal m3
VLR QT 0.50 4 .01TOR 0.50 0.003785 0.0076 m 3
TOR TOR gal

Receiver Dimensions

For convenience, dimensions of liquid receiver must be proportioned to the size

of condenser shell.

Therefore:

VLR LLR
DLR 2
4

Where:

LLR L 2.61
C 4.37 ; LLR 4.37 DLR
DLR DCS 0.597

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Therefore,

0.0076 m 4.37 DLR

3
DLR
2

DLR 0.047 m or 47 mm

LLR 4.37 0.047 m 0.206m

Proportions and Dimensions

DLR 0.047 m or 47 mm
Using the initial computed diameter, , for dished sides,

the formula for the volume of parabola is equal to,

1
VS r2 h
2

1 2
V2 s 2 VS 2 r h
2
For two parabolic sides,

Where:

r = 0.0235 m & h = 0.0508 m

Therefore,

1
V 2 0.0235 m 2 0.0508 m 0.000088 m3
2

Volume of the cylinder,

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 VC VT VST 0.0076 m 3 0.000088 m 3 0.0075 m3

VC r 2 LLR
Therefore, the actual length of the liquid receiver is equal to,

VC 0.0075 m 3
LLR 1.05 m
r 2 0.0235m 2

LT
Therefore, the total length is equal to,

LT LLR 2h 1.05 m 2 0.0508 m 1.155 m

Thickness of the shell, ts

From equation 1.18, Wall thickness for thin walled cylinders, Design of
Machine Elements by Virgil M. Faires, page 35.

P Di Sy
tS ; St
2 St w N

Where:

P = Pressure developed, 1.557 MPa

Di = Internal diameter, 0.0715 m

N = factor of safety, 4
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 Sy = Yield strength of steel, 55 ksi (379 MPa)

w
= Welding efficiency, 80%

Therefore,

tS
1.557 MPa 0.0715 m 0.0073 m or 7.3 mm
379 MPa
2 0.80
4

For safe loading and allowance for corrosion, uset = 7.5 mm.

SPECIFICATIONS

Liquid Receiver

No. of units to install 1 units

Type Cylindrical with hemi spherical ends,

Horizontally installed.
Capacity, QLR 7.6 Li

Dimensions

Shell thickness, ts 7.5 mm

Shell diameter, Ds 47 mm

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 Total length, LT 1.155 m

Material Steel plate

Yield strength of steel, Sy.. 55 ksi (379 MPa)

Pressure developed, P 1.557 MPa

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