PSYCHROMETRY AND AIR d) Subcooled liquid c) If Schmidt no. is equal to 1 100 kPa and 250C respectively.

Given
CONDITIONING 05. If moist air is heated at constant d) If Shewood no. is equal to 1 that the saturation pressure for water at
pressure, its 10. During chemical dehumidification 250C is 3.17 kPa, the relative humidity of
01. Moist air is mixture of air and water a) Specific humidity decreases process of air the air in the room is
vapour. Hence three independent b) Relative humidity does not change a) Dry bulb temperature and specific a) 67% b) 55%
thermodynamic properties are required c) Relative humidity decreases humidity decrease c) 83% d)71%
to fix its thermodynamic state. d) Relative humidity increases b) Dry bulb temperature increases and 15. In a sample of moist air at standard
Psychrometric chart however uses only 06. Which one of the following is correct? specific humidity decreases atmospheric pressure of 101.325 kPa
two thermodynamic properties to fix the During sensible cooling of moist air, its c) Dry bulb temperature decreases and and 260 C the particle pressure of water
state. What is the reason? relative humidity specific humidity increases vapour is 1.344 kPa. If the saturation
a) Psychrometric chart is an a) Increases d) Dry bulb temperature and specific pressure of water vapour is 3.36 kPa at
approximation to actual properties. b) Does not change humidity increase 260 C , then what re the humidity ratio and
b) Psychrometric chart assumes that c) Decreases 11. If a mass of moist air in an airtight vessel relative humidity of moist air sample?
water vapour and air behave like perfect d) Affects specific humidity is heated a) 0.00836 and 1.32 %
gases 07. Which one of the following is the correct a) Specific humidity of the air increases b) 0.00836 and 40%
c) Psychrometric chart is dawn for fixed statement? b) Specific humidity of the air decreases c) 0.01344 and 1.32 %
atmospheric pressure Adiabatic saturation process for moist air c) Relative humidity of the air increases d) 0.01344 and 40%
d) Psychrometric chart does not involves d) Relative humidity of the air 16. A classroom is to be air-conditioned by
consider thermodynamic equilibrium a)Cooling and Humidification decreases obtaining the comfort conditions of 220C
states. b) Cooling and dehumidification 12. Consider the following statements: dbt and 55% RH from outdoor conditions
02. The wt bulb depression is zero, when c) Change in wet bulb temperature A psychrometer measure of 320C dbt and 220C wbt. The weight of
relative humidity is equal to d) Constant relative humidity 1.wet bulb temperature outside air supplied is 30 kg/min. The
a) 100% b) 60% 08. Which one of the following statements is 2.dew point temperature comfort conditions required are achieved
c) 40% d) Zero correct? 3.dry bulb temperature first by chemical dehumidification and
03. In air-water vapour mixture, the particle For cooling and dehumidification Of these statements: then by cooling with a cooling coil as
pressure of water vapour corresponds to process, the moist air has to be passed a) alone is correct shown in the psychrometric chart. What
the saturation temperature called through a coil whose temperature is b) 2 and 3 are correct is the capacity of the dehumidification in
a) Dew point temperature below the c) 1 and 3 are correct kg/hr?
b) Wet bulb temperature a)Dry-bulb temperature of air d) 1,2 and 3 are correct w
c) Dry bulb temperature b) Wet-bulb temperature of the air 13. Dew point temperature is the g / kg
a
d) Adiabatic saturation temperature c)Dew-point temperature of the air temperature at which condensation 12.6
04. When the relative humidity of humid air is d) Critical temperature of the air begins when the air is cooled at constant
60%, water vapour in the air is in the 09. When are the W.B.T. and the a) Volume b) Entropy 55%
d b 9.6
state of temperature of adiabatic saturation c) Pressure d) Enthalpy c
a) Saturated liquid equal? 14. A room contains 35 kg of dry air and 0.5 22 32
b) Saturated vapour a) If Lewis no.is equal to 1 kg of water vapour. The total pressure DBT
c) Superheated vapour b) If Prandtl no. is equal to 1 and temperature of air in the room are
 a) 3.2 b) 5.4 c) The total enthalpy remains constant in to 350C in aftercooler. The air at the entry c) 20.7; 0.0055 d) 18.2, 0.0035
c) 6.8 d) 9.5 the process to the aftercooler is unsaturated and 26. For air at a given temperature, as the
17. If the specific heats of dry air and water d) It is an adiabatic saturation process becomes just saturated at the exit of the relative humidity is increased
vapour are 1.00 kJ/kg – K and 1.88 kJ/kg 20. Dew point temperature of air at one aftercooler. The saturation pressure of isothermally,
– K respectively and the humidity ratio is atmospheric pressure (1.013 bar) is water at 350C is 5.628 kPa. The partial a) The wet bulb temperature and specific
0.011, then the specific heat of moist air 180C. The air dry bulb temperature is pressure of water vapour (in kPa) in the enthalpy increase
at 250C and 50% relative humidity will be 300C. The saturation pressure of water at moist air entering the compressor is b) The wet bulb temperature and specific
a) 1.0207 kJ/kg-K 180C and 300C are 0.02062 bar and closest to enthalpy decrease
b) 1.869 kJ/kg-K 0.04241 bar respectively. The specific a) 0.57 b) 1.13 c) The wet bulb temperature increases
c) 1.891 kJ/kg-K heat of air and water vapour respectively c) 2.26 d) 4.52 and specific enthalpy decreases
d) 0.9793 kJ/kg-K re 1.005 and 1.88 kJ/kg K and the latent 24. Match Group I with Group II d) The wet bulb temperature decreases
18. When the wet bulb and dry bulb heat of vaporization of water at 00C is List I List II and specific enthalpy increases
temperatures are equal, which of the 2500 kJ/kg. The specific humidity (kJ/kg List I 27. Atmospheric air at flow rate of 3 kg/s (on
following statements is/are correct? of dry air) and enthalpy (kJ/kg of dry air) List I dry basis) enters a cooling and
1. Air is fully saturated of this moist air respectively, are P) Specific humidity 1) pw dehymidifying coil with an enthalpy of 85
2. Dew point temperature is reached a) 0.01051,52.64 ps kJ/kg of dry air and a humidity ratio of 19
3. Partial pressure of vapour equals to b) 0.01291, 63.15 Q) Relative Humidity 2) Ra pw grams/kg of dry air. The air leaves the
the total pressure c) 0.01481, 78.60 R w ( p − pw ) coil with an enthalpy of 43 kJ/kg of dry air
4. Humidity ratio is 100 % d) 0.01532, 81.40 R) Specific volume of 3) p w ( p − ps ) and a humidity ratio of 8 grams/kg of dry
Select the correct answer using the 21. Air at a temperature of 200Cnd 750 mm dry air ps ( p − p w ) air. If the condensation water leavesthe
codes given below: Hg pressure has a relative humidity of 4) RaT coil with an enthalpy of 67 kJ/kg. Find
a)1&2 b) 1 only 80%. What is its percentage humidity? ( p − pw ) required cooling capacity of the coil in kW
c) 1, 2 & 4 d) 2 & 3 Vapour pressure of water at 200C is 17.5 is
Here, the subscripts a, w and s refer to
19. Which one of the following statements is mm Hg. a) 75.0 b) 123.8
properties of air, water and saturation
correct for a cooling and humidification a) 80.38 b) 80 c) 128.2 d) 159.0
condition.
process 1.2 as shown on the c) 79.62 d) 78.51
a) P − 1, Q − 2, R − 3
0
psychormetric chart above? 22. A certain air has DBT of 35 C and DPT
b) P − 2, Q − 3, R − 4
of 200C, the corresponding saturation 28. The following figure shows
c) P − 2, Q − 3, R − 4
2 pressure of water being 5.628 kPa and psychrometric chart. The line joining 1 –
d) P − 4, Q − 3, R − 2
W
bt 1 2.33 kPa respectively. When the 2 is the constant enthalpy line. Choose
= Specific 0
co 25. If the percent humidity of air (30 C, total
ns humidity atmospheric pressure is assumed as the correct one
ta
n ‘w’
t
1.0132 bar, the specific humidity of air pressure 100 kPa) is 24% and the
DBT saturation pressure of water vapour at
will be
a) Wbt decreases in the process that temperature is 4 kPa, the percent
a) 2.5 10−3 b) 7.8 10−3
b) The total enthalpy increases in the relative humidity and the absolute
c) 14.7 10−3 d) 25 10−3
process humidity of air are
23. Moist air at a pressure of 100 kPa is
a) 25.2, 0.0062 c) 25,0.0035
compressed to 500 kPa and then cooled
 humidity of 11.5 g water vapour per kg correspondin
dry air. Assume molecular weight of air g to partial
(w 2 , t 2 ) w
as 28.93. if the saturation vapour pressure of
2 w2
5 pressure of water at 300C is 4.24 kPa water vapour
4
(w1 , t 3 ) (w1 , t1 ) W(kg/kg)
and the total pressure is 90 kPa, then the in moist air
1
w1
1 O relative humidity (in %) of air sample is
3
2 a) 50.5 b) 38.5 36. Match Group I with Group II
t3 t2 t1 c) 56.5 d) 68.5 a) P − 1, Q − 4, R − 3
T ( C)
0
34. Atmospheric air at 1.013 bar pressure b) P − 2, Q − 3, R − 4
DBT
0
Process in Figure Name of the process and 35 C has a relative humidity of 60%.
a) t1 − DPT, t 2 − DBT; t 3 − WBT c) P − 3, Q − 4, R − 1
The saturation pressure of water vapour
b) t1 − DPT, t 2 − WBT; t 3 − DBT d) P − 1, Q − 4, R − 2
P) 0–1 1) Chemical at 350C is 5.628 kPa. The specific
c) t1 − WBT, t 2 − DBT; t 3 − DPT 37. Air at a DBT of 400C has partial pressure
dehumidification humidity of moist air in kg water
of vapour of 2.4 kPa and a total
d) t1 − DBT, t 2 − WBT; t 3 − DPT Q) 0–2 2) Sensible heating vapour/kg dry air is
atmospheric pressure of 101.325 kPa.
29. The DBT and WBT of air are found to be R) 0–3 3) Cooling and a) 0.0346 b) 0.0377
The humid volume of air in m3/Kgda is
0 0
60 C and 35 C respectively. Saturation dehumidification c) 0.0215 d) 0.0207
a) 0.809 b) 0.9083
humidity at WBT is 0.0365 KgV/Kg d.a If S) 0–4 4) Humidification with 35. Air-water vapour mixture having 100%
c) 1.089 d) 1.098
specific heat of dry air and water vapour steam injection relative humidity at 500C is heated
Common Data questions 38 – 29
are 1.008 and 1.915 kJ/kg – K T) 0–5 5) Humidification with isobarically to 1000C in a closed system.
A rigid tank contains a mixture of 0.2 kg
respectively. Latent heat of vaporization water injection If saturation pressure at 500C is 12.352
of saturated water vapour and 2 kg of air
at WBT is 2420 kJ/kg then specific The matching pairs are kPa and at 1000C is 101.42 kPa, final
(M = 29 kg/k mol) at a temperature of
humidity of air is a) P − 1, Q − 2, R − 3,S − 4, T − 5 relative humidity is
500C
a) 0.0193 Kg v/Kg da b) P − 2, Q − 1, R − 3,S − 5, T − 4 a) 0% b) 8.2 %
38. The volume of the mixture is
b) 0.0225 Kg v/Kg da c) 12.2 % d) 100 %
c) P − 2, Q − 1, R − 3,S − 4, T − 5 approximately
c) 0.0258 Kg v/Kg da P) Dry bulb 1) Temperature
d) P − 3, Q − 4, R − 5,S − 1, T − 2 a) 1.42 m3 b) 2.41m3
d) 0.0275 Kg v/Kg da temperature of moist air
32. For air with a relative humidity of 80% c) 4.12 m3 d) 0.412 m3
30. If specific humidity at saturation and Q) Dew point 2) Temperature
a) The dry bulb temperature is less than
percentage humidity of air are 0.075 Kg temperature of air 39. The pressure of the tank is approximately
the wet bulb temperature
v/Kg da and 60% respectively. The adiabatically a) 89.4 kPa b) 98.4 kPa
b) The dew point temperature is less
relative humidity of air is saturated with c) 48.9 kPa d) 148.9 kPa
than the wet bulb temperature
a) 57.4% b) 60% water Q. 40 – 41 are based on the data supplied in
c) The dew point and wet bulb
c) 62.7% d) 74.5% R) Thermodyna 3) Temperature the paragraph below.
temperatures are equal
mic wet bulb indicated by a An air-water vapour mixture has a dry
d) The dry bulb and dew point
31. Various psychrometric processes are temperature wet bulb bulb temperature of 600C and a dew
temperatures are equal
shown in the figure thermometer point temperature of 400C. The total
33. A moist air sample has dry bulb
4) Saturation pressure is 101.3 kPa and the vapour
0
temperatures of 30 C and specific
temperature
 pressures of water at 400C and 600C are
7.30 kPa and 19.91 kPa, respectively.
40. The humidity of air sample expressed as
kg of water vapour/kg of dry air is
a) 0.048 b) 0.079
c) 0.122 d) 0.152
41. The web bulb temperature Tw for the

above mixture would be

a) Less than 400C
b) 400C
c) 400C < Tw < 600C

d) 600C
Linked Answer Questions 42 – 43
Moist air with a dry bulb temperature of
400 C has a relative humidity of 50%.
Atmospheric pressure is 1.01 bar. For
water: R H2O = 462 J / kg K, saturation

pressure at 400C is 7.384 kPa, and

saturation pressure at 1500C is 4.758
bar.
42. Specific humidity in grams/kg dry air is
a) 23.6 b) 37.9
c) 52.2 d) 61.0
43. The moist air as stated above is
compressed to 5.05 bar and its
corresponding dry bulb temperature is
1500C. The relative humidity of this
compressed air is
a) 50% b) 10%
c) 3.9 % d) 0.8 %