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ME322
Principles of Refrigeration
and Air Conditioning
Hassan Rijabo
Lecture 3
Psychrometric Chart
UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI
Faculty of Engineering-Department of
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
H.Rijabo@uot.edu.ly
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2) Wet-bulb temperature
tWB : On the chart, the
constant wet-bulb lines
slope a little upward to
the left, and the wet
bulb temperature is read
following a constant wet-
bulb line from the state-
point to the saturation
line
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4) Humidity ratio w: it is
indicated along the right-
hand axis of the chart.
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6) Specific volume υ .
indicates the space
occupied by air.
• It is shown from the
constant-volume lines
slanting upward to the
left.
• This is useful in
converting volumetric
flow to mass-flow rate
calculation.
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TWB=24oC
TDP=19.4oC ω=0.0142
υ=0.893 kgH2O/kgdry air
m3/kgdry air
Φ=40%
TDB=35oC
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Any Questions???
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