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Study of systems involving dry air and water vapor
Gas mixtures
Mole fraction
Mass fraction
Moist Air
Dry air + Water Vapor
nRT na RT nv RT
p ; pa ; pv
For the V V V
moist air
p pa pb ; pa y a p; pv yv p
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AMAGAT’S LAW OF ADDITIVE VOLUMES
Relative Humidity
Ratio of mole fraction of water vapor yv in a given sample of moist air
to the mole fraction yv,sat in a saturated moist air sample at the same mixture
temperature and pressure
Mixture Enthalpy
yv pv
H H a H v ma ha mv hv kJ
yv , sat T , p pg
T,p H
ha hv ha hg kJ/kg d.a
ma
h ~h
v g from tables
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MOIST AIR in EQUILIBRIUM WITH LIQUID WATER
Moran & Shapiro (2006) Figure 12.5
ASSUMPTIONS:
1. The 1 kg sample of moist air is taken as the closed system. The system pressure remains
constant at 1 bar.
2. The gas phase can be treated as an ideal gas mixture. Each mixture component acts as an
ideal gas existing alone in the volume occupied by the gas phase at the mixture
temperature.
3. When a liquid water phase is present, the water vapor exists as a saturated vapor at the
system temperature. The liquid present is a saturated liquid at the system temperature.
Analysis
Humidity ratio Dew point Temperature
pv1 pg 0.7 0.02487 bar 0.01741 bar Saturation temperature at pv1
From table: Tdew=15.3C
0.01741 kg
1 0.622 0.011 Vapor part
1.01325 0.01741 kg da
mv1
1 kg ma mv1; 1 mv1 0.0109 kg(vapor)
ma
ma 1 0.0109 0.9891 kg da
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Mass of condensate
Based on the assumption 3, partial pressure of water vapor in the final state corresponding
to saturation pressure at T=5C i.e. 0.008721 bar (from tables)
0.008721 kg
2 0.622 0.0054
1.01325 0.008721 kg da
where
The wet-bulb temperature depends on the rates of heat and mass transfer between the
moistened wick and the air. Since these depend in turn on the geometry of the thermometer, air
velocity, supply water temperature, and other factors, Twb is not a mixture property.
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PSYCHROMETRIC CHART
Moran & Shapiro (2006) Figure 12.9
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LINES OF CONSTANT PROPERTY VALUE
Enthalpy of dry air :
Reference temperature is 0
deg C
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EVAPORATIVE COOLING Moran & Shapiro (2006) Figure 12.13
Enthalpy added by water is very negligible; so the process is almost a constant enthalpy or a
constant wet bulb temperature process.
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ADIABATIC MIXING OF TWO
MOIST AIR STREAMS Moran & Shapiro (2006) Figure 12.14
Equipment Schematic
m a 3 m a1 m a 2
Energy Balance
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COOLING TOWERS
fan work is
neglected
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ASHRAE SUMMER AND WINTER
COMFORT CONDITION
ASHRAE Fundamentals 1997, Fig 4, pp 8.21
• Air Temperature
– 22 to 27 C
• Humidity
– 4.5 to 11 g moisture/kg DA
• Air velocity
– 0.1 to 0.25 m/s
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DEHUMIDIFICATION
Moist air at 30C and 50% relative humidity enters a dehumidifier operating at steady state with
a volumetric flow rate of 280 m3/min. The moist air passes over a cooling coil and water vapor
condenses. Condensate exits the dehumidifier saturated at 10C. Saturated moist air exits in a
separate stream at the same temperature. There is no significant loss of energy by heat transfer
to the surroundings and pressure remains constant at 1.013 bar. Determine (a) the mass flow
rate of the dry air, in kg/min, (b) the rate at which water is condensed, in kg per kg of dry air
flowing through the control volume, and (c) the required refrigerating capacity, in tons.
( AV )1 m w
m a 1 2
va1 m a
Q cv m a ha hv 2 ha hv 1 1 2 hw
ANS:
319.35 kg/min
0.0057 kg(vap)/kg(da)
-52.5 tons
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HUMIDIFICATION
Moist air with a temperature of 22C and a wet-bulb temperature of 9C enters a steam-spray
humidifier. The mass flow rate of the dry air is 90 kg/min. Saturated water vapor at 110C is
injected into the mixture at a rate of 52 kg/h. There is no heat transfer with the surroundings,
and the pressure is constant throughout at 1 bar. Using the psychrometric chart, determine at
the exit (a) the humidity ratio and (b) the temperature, in C.
m st
2 1
m a
0 m a ha hg ha hg 2 1 hg 3
2 1
ha hg ha hg 2 1 hg 3
2 1
ANS:
0.0116 kg/kg(da)
Moran & Shapiro (2006) Figure 12.12
23.5 C
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ADIABATIC MIXING OF TWO
MOIST AIR STREAMS
A stream consisting of 142 m3/min of moist air at a temperature of 5C and a humidity ratio of
0.002 kg(vapor) kg(dry air) is mixed adiabatically with a second stream consisting of 425
m3/min of moist air at 24C and 50% relative humidity. The pressure is constant throughout at
1 bar. Using the psychrometric chart, determine (a) the humidity ratio and (b) the temperature
of the exiting mixed stream, in C.
3=0.0074 kg(vap)/kg(da)
out going mixture enthalpy = 37.7 kJ/kg(da)
T3=19C
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EVAPORATIVE COOLING
Air at 38C and 10% relative humidity enters an evaporative cooler with a volumetric flow rate of
140 m3/min. Moist air exits the cooler at 21C. Water is added to the soaked pad of the cooler
as a liquid at 21C and evaporates fully into the moist air. There is no heat transfer with the
surroundings and the pressure is constant throughout at 1 atm. Determine (a) the mass flow
rate of the water to the soaked pad, in kg/h, and (b) the relative humidity of the moist air at the
exit to the evaporative cooler.
0 ha hg 2 1 h f ha hg
1 2
c pa T1 T2 1 hg1 h f
2
h g2 hf
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Cooling at Constant Volume
Moran & Shapiro (2006) Example 12.8