Tutorial (Drying)

1. (a) From steam tables at 37.8C, the vapour pressure of water is pAS = 6.69
kPa. Also, pA = 3.59 kPa and P = 101.3 kPa.
18 pA 18(3.59)
H   0.0228 kg H2O/kg air
29 P  pA 29(101.3  3.59)

18 pAS 18(6.69)
HS    0.0439 kg H2O/kg air
29 P  pAS 29(101.3  6.69)
(b)
H  0.0228 
HP  100  100   51.9%
HS  0.0439 
pA  3.59 
(c) HR  100  100   53.7%
pAS  6.69 

2. (a) 0.018 kg H2O/kg dry air; HP = 37%

(b) 0.010 kg H2O/kg dry air; HP = 55%

3. (a) 0.02 kg H2O/kg dry air

(b) 0.008 kg H2O/kg dry air

4. Weight of H2O in dry soap = 0.168 kg

Weight of dry soap = 0.832 kg
At HR = 20%, X* (kg H2O/kg dry soap) = 0.037
Therefore, moisture remaining = 0.037(0.832) = 0.0308 kg
Amount of moisture evaporated = 0.168 – 0.0308 = 0.137 kg/kg soap block.

5. (a) For H = 0.010 and T = 65.6C, from the humidity chart, TW = 28.9C
and H = 0.026.
H = 0.974 m3/kg dry air.
 for 1.0 kg dry air + 0.01 kg H2O = 1.037 kg/m3
Mass velocity, G = 22 770 kg/h.m2
hc (convective coefficient) = 62.45 W/m2.K
At TW = 28.9C, W = 2433 kJ/kg from steam tables.
RC = h/W (T-TW)(3600) = 3.39 kg/h.m2

If air velocity = 3.05 m/s,

G, = 11 386 kg/h.m2
hc = 35.87 W/m2.K
RC = 1.95 kg/h.m2

(b) For H = 0.010 and T = 76.7C, from the humidity chart, TW = 30.5C and H =
0.031.
H = 1.006 m3/kg dry air
hc = 71.6 W/m2.K
At TW = 30.5C, W = 2431 kJ/kg from steam tables.
RC = 5.1 kg/h.m2