AIR-CONDITIONING

SYSTEM
PSYCHROMETRIC CHART
ALL DATA ESSENTIAL FOR THE COMPLETE THERMODYNAMIC
AND PSYCHROMETRIC ANALYSIS OF AIR-CONDITIONING
PROCESS CAN BE SUMMARIZED IN A PSYCHROMETRIC CHART
CONSTANT PROPERTY LINES ON A
PSYCHROMETRIC CHART
 SATURATION LINE
•THE SATURATION LINE REPRESENTS THE
STATE OF SATURATED AIR AT DIFFERENT
TEMPERATURES.
 RELATIVE HUMIDITY LINE
• THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY Ø IS DEFINED AS THE RATIO
OF THE MOLE FRACTION OF WATER VAPOUR IN
MOIST AIR TO MOLE FRACTION OF WATER VAPOUR
IN SATURATED AIR AT THE SAME TEMPERATURE AND
PRESSURE.
 CONSTANT SPECIFIC VOLUME LINE
• THE CONSTANT SPECIFIC VOLUME LINES ARE OBLIQUELY
INCLINED STRAIGHT LINES AND UNIFORMLY SPACED.
THESE LINES ARE DRAWN UP TO THE SATURATION CURVE.
• SPECIFIC VOLUME OF AIR IN PSYCHROMETRIC CHART IS
DEFINED AS THE NUMBER OF CUBIC METERS OCCUPIED
BY ONE KILOGRAM OF A DRY AIR. SO UNITS OF SPECIFIC
VOLUME IS M3 KG-1.
CONSTANT THERMODYNAMIC WET
BULB TEMPERATURE LINE
• THESE LINES ARE INDICATED AT DIAGONALS,
AND LIKE DRY BULB TEMPERATURES THEY
INCREASE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
 CONSTANT ENTHALPY LINE
• THE ENTHALPY LINES ARE INCLINED STRAIGHT LINES AND
UNIFORMLY SPACED. THESE LINES ARE PARALLEL TO THE
WET BULB TEMPERATURE LINES, AND ARE DRAWN UP TO
THE SATURATION CURVE. SOME OF THESE LINES COINCIDE
WITH THE WET BULB TEMPERATURE LINES ALSO.
PSYCHROMETRIC CHART