National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Syllabus

Course Details

Subject {L-T-P / C} : ME6375 : Refrigeration and Cryogenic Laboratory { 0-0-3 / 2}

Subject Nature : Practical

Coordinator : Prof. Ranjit Kumar Sahoo

Syllabus

List of experiment:
1. COP of vapour compression test rig
2. COP of vapour absorption test rig
3. Performance of heat pump
4. To study the performance of pin fin apparatus
5. To measure the thermal conductivity of a material
6. Performance study of Linit 25 cryo plant
7. Performance study of GM Cryocooler-LN2 Plant
8. Performance study of GM Type pulse tube-LHe2 Plant
9. Performance study of thermo-acoustically driven Stirling engine.

Course Objectives

  • To relate the theory and practice for refrigeration and cryogenics.
  • To have a knowledge on cryogenic plants, its safety and maintenance.

Course Outcomes

To create practical engineers for operation and maintenance of equipment/plant

Essential Reading

  • R. F. Barron, Cryogenic Systems,, McGraw Hill, 1985.
  • K. D.Timmerhaus and T.M. Flynn,, Cryogenic Process Engineering,, Plenum Press, 1989

Supplementary Reading

  • M Mukhopadhyay, Fundamentals of Cryogenic Engineering, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., New Dlehi, 2010
  • R.B.Scott, Cryogenic Engineering, Van Nostrand and Co., 1962

Journal and Conferences

  • Indian J Cryogenics
  • Cryogenics, Elsiver