PARAMETRIC PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A WINDOW UNIT AIR-CONDITIONER AND ITS MAINTENANCE

94 PAGES (11077 WORDS) Mechanical Engineering Project
ABSTRACT 
The working principles of a window air conditioning system was described with the mode of operationg of the refrigeration cycle and its construcion.  The aim of every window Air conditioning system is to achieve cooling.  Change of temperature system were discussed with the methods of improving the performance of th window Air Conditioning Unit for better efficiency.  This work simply explains how the performance of the window Air Conditioning system can be improved and why it is more economical to use the window air conditioning system than split Unit Air Conditioning system.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
APPROVAL PAGE
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGE 

ABSTRACT 
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES 
CHAPTER ONE
1.0Introduction 
1.1Statement of Problem 
1.2Objective of Study 
1.3Significance of Study 
1.4Scope of Study 
1.5Methodology 

CHAPTER TWO 
2.0Literature Review 
2.1History of Air Conditions 
2.2Basic Air Conditioning Terminologies 
2.3Operating of Window Air Conditioning Systems 
2.4Refrigeration Cycle of Window Air Conditioning System 
2.5Major Components of Air Conditioning System 
2.6Common Refrigerants and their properties

CHAPTER THREE 
3.0Psychrometric and Calculations for Air Conditioning Design 
3.1Calculations for Air Conditioning Design 
3.2Application of psychrometric to Air Conditioning Design
3.3Design Construction Process 

CHAPTER FOUR 
4.1Factors Affecting the Performance of window Air Conditioning System 
4.2Methods of improving the performance of window Air Conditioning System 
4.3Maintenance  of window Air Condition Systems 

CHAPTER FIVE 
Conclusion and Summary 
REFERENCES 
APPENDIX 

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1External and internal structure of the window Air Conditioning Unit 
Figure 2.2Internal structure of a window Air Conditioning Unit showing its Refrigeration Cycle 
Figure 2.3A simple stylized diagram of the Refrigeration Cycle 
Figure 2.4aIdeal vapour Compressions Cycle 
Figure 2.4bT-S diagram showing the idea vapour Compression Cycle
Figure 2.5Inner view of the window Air Conditioner showing the major components of the Air conditioner
Figure 2.6Modern R-22 reciprocating refrigeration compressor 
Figure 2.7Schematic diagram of the reciprocating compressor 
Figure 2.8Window Air Conditioning Condenser
Figure 2.9Expansion Valve
Figure 10Evaporator coil 
Figure 2.11Air filter 
Figure 3.1Showing the variables in a typical psychometric chart for any given point.
Figure 3.2A bridge ASHRAE psychrometric chart 
Figure 3.3Psychrometric chart showing scale of Moisture content and Dry-Bulb temperature 
Figure 3.4Showing the Design condition of window Air Conditioning Unit
Figure 3.5Ashrae psychrometric chart for R-22 refrigerant 
Figure 3.6Pressure-Enthalpy (p-h) and termperature- Entropy (t-s) of vapour compression  refrigeration system
Figure 3.7Casing of the window Air Condition Unit 
Figure 3.8Exploded view of the window Air Conditioning Unit 

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1Property of commonly used Refrigerants 
Table 2Performance of commonly used Refrigerants 
Table 3Percentage proportion of the various components of Dry Air 
Table 4Showing the required capacity per room size