Cooling water leaves at 35ºC and at 100 kg/s from the condenser of a thermal power station and enters a cooling tower. In this tower, the water is cooled to 22ºC with air entering at 1 atm, 20ºC and 60% relative humidity, leaving saturated at 30ºC. Determine: a) The volumetric flow rate of air entering the tower. b) The mass flow rate of the make-up wate

Cooling water leaves at 35ºC and at 100 kg/s from the condenser of a thermal power station and enters a cooling tower. In this tower, the water is cooled to 22ºC with air entering at 1 atm, 20ºC and 60% relative humidity, leaving saturated at 30ºC. Determine: a) The volumetric flow rate of air entering the tower. b) The mass flow rate of the make-up wate

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305578296

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

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

Chapter35: Comfort And Psychrometrics

Section: Chapter Questions

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