Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach
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ISBN: 9781259822674
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., Michael A. Boles
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Chapter 14.7, Problem 150FEP
An airstream at a specified temperature and relative humidity undergoes evaporative cooling by spraying water into it at about the same temperature. The lowest temperature the airstream can be cooled to is
- (a) the dry-bulb temperature at the given state
- (b) the wet-bulb temperature at the given state
- (c) the dew-point temperature at the given state
- (d) the saturation temperature corresponding to the humidity ratio at the given state
- (e) the triple-point temperature of water
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Given that Initial Temperature = 28.5 deg C, Dew Point = 9 deg C, Dry Bulb = 30 deg C, Wet Bulb = 28 deg C, Saturation Pressure = 1.148 kPa
Calculate the following:
Humidity Ratio w = 0.622PsPt-Ps=0.622PsPa kg water/kg air
Partial pressure of water vapour
where: Ps = partial pressure of water vapour (Psat at dewpoint temperature )
w = humidity ratio
Pt = total pressure (standard atmospheric pressure)
Pt = Pa + Ps
Pa = partial pressure of dry air = Pt - Ps
3. Relative Humidity
RH = PsPd
4. v = RaTPa m3/kg
5. ω = 1vkg/m3
where: Pd = saturation pressure at room temperature (from steam table)
ω = density of air
v = specific volume of dry air
T = absolute temperature of room temperature
Ra = gas constant of air =0.28706 kJ/kg-K
A sample of air has a dry-bulb temperature of 30 °C and a wet-bulb temperature of25 °C. The barometric pressure is 101 kPa. Calculate:(a) the humidity ratio if this air is adiabatically saturated, (b) the enthalpy of the air if it is adiabatically saturated, (c) the humidity ratio of the sample (c) the humidity ratio of the sample (e) the relative humidity
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The dry-bulb temperature and wet-bulb temperature of a sample of air are 23°C and 18°C,
respectively. The pressure of the air is 97 kPa. If the air was adiabatically saturated:
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