1.

A stream of warm air with a dry-bulb temperature of 40°C and a wet-bulb

temperature of 32°C is mixed adiabatically with a stream of saturated cool air at
18°C. The dry air mass flow rates of the warm and cool airstreams are 8 and 6
kg/s, respectively. Assuming a total pressure of 1 atm, determine (a) the
temperature, (b) the specific humidity, and (c) the relative humidity of the mixture.
Solution:
Using psychometric chart so that we can know the properties of each inlet
stream
h1= 110.2 KJ/kg dry air
w1= 0.0272 kg H O/kg dry air
and
h2= 50.9 kJ/kg dry air
w1= 0.0129 kg H O/kg dry air
combining the conservation of mass and energy equations for the
adiabatic mixing of two streams:

m a 1 w2 −w3 h2−h 3
= =
m a 2 w3 −w1 h3−h 1

8 0.0129−w3 50.9−h3
= =
6 w3 −0.0272 h3−110.2

which yields,
w3= 0.0211 kg H2O/ kg dry air
h3= 84.8 kJ / kg dry air
These two properties fix the state of the mixture. Other properties of the
mixture are determined from the psychrometric chart:
T3 = 30.7°C
φ3 = 75.1%
2. Air enters a 40-cm-diameter cooling section at 1 atm, 32°C, and 30 percent
relative humidity at 18 m/s. Heat is removed from the air at a rate of 1200 kJ/min.
Determine (a) the exit temperature, (b) the exit relative humidity of the air, and (c)
the exit velocity.
 Solution:
The properties of the air at the inlet state are determined from the psychrometric
chart to be
h1= 55.0 kJ/kg dry air
w1= 0.0089 kg H O/kg dry air = w2
v1 = 0.877 m3 / kg dry air
The mass flow rate of dry air through the cooling section is

1
= ( 18m/s)(π*0.42/4 m2)= 2.58 kg/s
0.877 m 3 /kg
From the energy balance on air in the cooling section,

-1200/60 kJ/s = (2.58 kg/s)(h2- 55.0) kJ/kg

h2 = 47.2 kJ/kg dry air
The exit state of the air is fixed now since we know both h2 and w2. From the
psychrometric chart at this state we read
T2 = 24.4 C
φ2 = 46.6 %
v2 = 0.856m3 / kg dry air
The exit velocity is determined from the conservation of mass of dry air,
v2 = v2 / v1 (v1)= 0.856/0.877(18m/s)= 17.6 m/s

3. A A tank contains 21 kg of dry air and 0.3 kg of water vapor at 24°C and 100 kPa
total pressure. Determine (a) the specific humidity, (b) the relative humidity, and (c)
the volume of the tank.
Solution:
m v 0.3 kg
A. w = = = 0.0143 kgwater/kg dry air
m a 21 kg

B. The saturation pressure of water at 24°C is

Pg = Psat = 2.986 kPa
Then the relative humidity can be determined from
℘
φ=
(0.622+ w)Pg
0.0143(100 kPa)
= = 75.2%
(0.622+0.0143)(2.986 kPa)
C. The volume of the tank can be determined from the ideal gas relation
for the dry air,
Pv = φPg = 0.752(2.986)= 2.245 kPa
Pa = P-Pv = 100-2.245= 97.755 kPa
 m a R a T 21 kg(0.287 kJ /kg . K )(297 K )
v= = = 18.3 m3
Pa 97.755 kPa

4. A room contains air at 20°C and 98 kPa at a relative humidity of 85 percent. Determine (a) the partial pressure of
dry air, (b) the specific humidity of the air, and (c) the enthalpy per unit mass of dry air.

Solution:
A. The partial pressure of dry air can be determined from
Pv = φPg = φPsat @ 20°C = 0.85(2.3392 kPa) = 1.988 kPa
Pa = P-Pv = 98-1.988 = 96.01 kPa
B. The specific humidity of air is determined from
0.622 Pv 0.622(1.988)kPa
w= = = 0.0129 kg water/kg dry air
P−Pv 98−1.988
c. The enthalpy of air per unit mass of dry air is determined from
h = ha + whv = CpT + whg
= 1.005kJ/kg.°C(20°C) + 0.0129(2537.4 kJ/kg) = 52.78 kJ/kg dry

5. Determine the masses of dry air and the water vapor contained in a 240-m 3 room at
98 kPa, 23°C, and 50 percent relative humidity.