NKB30503 JULY-2017

PROBLEMS

9.3-1 The air in a room is at 37.8 C and a total pressure of 101.3 kPa abs containing water vapor
with a partial pressure pA = 3.59 kPa. Calculate
a) Humidity
b) Saturation humidity and percentage humidity
c) Percentage relative humidity

9.3-2 The air in a room has a humidity H = 0.021 kg H2O/kg DA at 32.2 C and 101.3 kPa abs
pressure. Calculate
a) Percentage humidity, HP
b) Percentage relative humidity, HR

9.3-3 The air entering a dryer has a temperature of 65.6 C and dew point of 15.6 C. By using
the humidity chart, determine the actual humidity and percentage humidity. Calculate the
humid volume of this mixture and also calculate cs using SI and English units.

9.3-4 An air-water vapor mixture going to a drying process has a dry bulb temperature of 57.2
C and a humidity of 0.030 kg H2O/kg DA. Determine the percentage humidity, saturation
humidity at 57.2 C, dew point, humid heat and humid volume.

9.3-5 Air at 82.2 C having a humidity H = 0.0655 kg H2O/kg DA is contacted in an adiabatic

saturator with water. It leaves the saturator 80% saturated. What are the final values of H
and T C. For 100% saturation, what are the values of H and T.?

9.3-6 Air enters an adiabatic saturator having a temperature of 76.7 C and a dew-point
temperature of 40.6 C. It leaves the saturator 90% saturated. What are the finals values of
H and T C.

9.3-9 Air having a dry bulb temperature of 37.8 C and a wet bulb temperature of 26.7 C is to
be dried first by cooling to 15.6 C to condense water-vapor and then heating to 23.9 C.

a) Calculate initial humidity and percentage humidity.

b) Calculate the final humidity and percentage humidity.
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9.6-1 A batch of wet solid was dried on a tray dryer using constant drying conditions and
thickness of material on the tray of 25.4 mm. Only the top surface was exposed. The
drying rate during the constant-rate period was R = 2.05 kg H2O/h.m2. The ratio Ls/A used
was 24.4 kg dry solid/m2 exposed surface. The initial free moisture was X1 = 0.55 and the
critical moisture content Xc= 0.22 kg free moisture/kg dry solid. Calculate the time
required to dry a batch of this material from X1 = 0.45 to X2 = 0.30 using the same drying
condition but a thickness of 50.8 mm, with drying from top and bottom surfaces.

9.6-2 An insoluble wet granular material is dried in a pan 0.457 x 0.457m and 25.4 mm deep.
The material is 25.4 mm deep in the pan, amd the sides and bottom can be considered to
be insulated. Heat transfer is by convection from an air stream flowing parallel to the

surface at a velocity of 6.1 m/s. The air is at 65.6 C and has a humidity of 0.010 kg

H2O/kg dry air.

a) Predict the effect on Rc if the air velocity is only 3.05 m/s.

b) Predict the effect of the gas temperature is raised to 76.7 C and H remains the

same.