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a. Humidification involves the transfer of material between a pure liquid phase and a fixed gas that is
nearly insoluble in liquid.
b. Dehumidification The removal of moisture from the ambient air by physical or chemical
c. Air Conditioning the process of altering the properties of air to more comfortable conditions,
typically with the aim of distributing the conditioned air to an occupied space to
improve thermal comfort and indoor air quality.
d. Water Cooling when warm liquid is brought into contact with unsaturated gas, part of the liquid
evaporates and the liquid temperature drops.

Air entering a drier has a temperature (dry bulb) of 60 0C and a dew point of 26.7 0C. Using the
psychrometric chart, determine the actual humidity, percentage humidity, humid heat and humid volume
in SI and English units.
kg H 2 O
lb H 2 O
H=0.0087
=0.0087
kg d . air
lb d . air
Using Antoine Equation,

log P A =7.96681

H s=

18
3.48

28.84 101.3253.48

H A=

H
100
Hs

c s=0.24+0.46 H

c s=1.02

1668.21
228+26.7

kJ
kg K

P A =26.13 mmHg

0.0222

0.0087
100
0.0222

kg H 2 O
kg d . air

H A =39.19

c s=0.2440

0.24+ 0.46 ( 0.0087 )

H =

0.0224 T 1
H
+
273
MB MA

H =

359 T 1
H
+
492 M B M A

BTU
lb

0.0224 ( 60+273 )
1
0.0087
+
1000
273
28.84
18

101.325 kPa
=3.48 kPa
760 mmHg

H =0.9606

m3
kg d . a .

359 ( 140+460 )
1
0.0087
+
492
28.84
18

H =15.39

ft 3
lb d . a .

The partial pressure of water vapor in a mixture of water vapor and air at a total pressure of 106.6 kPa
and a temperature of 60 0C is 13.3 kPa. Express the concentration of water vapor in
a mole fraction
nA p A
nA
13.3

=
=0.1248
106.6
nT pT
nT
b

volume fraction

absolute humidity
M
pA
H= A
M B p T p A

relative humidity
p
RH = A 100
pA

18
13.3
28.84 106.613.3

13.3
100
19.9

H=0.0890

kg H 2 O
kg d . a .

66.83 RH

g water/ m3 of mixture.

The vapor pressure of water at 60 0C is 19.9 kPa.

An air-water vapor mixture has a dry bulb temperature of 65.6 0C and a wet bulb temperature of 32.2
0
C. What is the humidity of the mixture?
t db=65.6
t wb=32.2
Using psychrometric chart,
H=0.0170

kg H 2 O
kg d . a .

The humidity of an air-water vapor mixture is 0.030 kg water vapor per kg dry air. The dry bulb
temperature of the mixture is 60 0C. What is the wet bulb temperature?

t db=60 H=0.030

t wb=36.6

kg H 2 O
kg d .a .