Pineapple fruits with a mass of 500 kg are supplied to a cold storage at 20 C. The cold storage is maintained at 5 C and the fruits get cooled to a storage temperature in 10 hours. The latent heat of freezing is 105 kJ/kg and the specific heat of fruit is 1.256 kJ/kg.K. Find the refrigeration capacity of the plant.

Pineapple fruits with a mass of 500 kg are supplied to a cold storage at 20 C. The cold storage is maintained at 5 C and the fruits get cooled to a storage temperature in 10 hours. The latent heat of freezing is 105 kJ/kg and the specific heat of fruit is 1.256 kJ/kg.K. Find the refrigeration capacity of the plant.

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

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Author:John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson

Publisher:John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson

Chapter44: Geothermal Heat Pumps

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