MTX311

Gas Mixtures
Study Theme 3: Borgnakke and Sonntag, Chapter 11
Lecture 4
Dr WG Le Roux

Additional Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdIB1sEpWVI

Çengel, Y.A. and Boles, M.A., Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 8 th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2015.
 Air-conditioning processes

➢ Temperature:
22°C to 27°C

➢ Relative
humidity (RH):
40% to 60%.
Comfort zone
 Air-conditioning processes: Cooling

• The relative humidity

increases
• The specific humidity, ω
remains constant

Images extracted from: Çengel & Boles (2015)

 Air-conditioning processes: Cooling

• The relative humidity

increases until it
reaches 100%, after
which ω decreases
(condensate forms)

Images extracted from: Çengel & Boles (2015)

 Class Example
Air enters an air conditioner at 100 kPa, 30°C, and
80% relative humidity at a rate of 10 m3/min, and
it leaves as saturated air at 14°C. Part of the
moisture in the air that condenses during the
process is also removed at 14°C. Determine the
rates of heat and
moisture
removal
from the
air.

Images extracted from: Çengel & Boles (2015)