Air Conditioning-4th year: Psychometric Processes – Sheet

By: Dr.Zainab H.Naji No.1

1-For a sample of air having 22ºC DBT, relative humidity 30

percent at barometric pressure of 760 mm of Hg, calculate (using
perfect gas law and psychometric equations, i.e., without
using psychometric chart): 1.Vapour pressure, 2. Humidity ratio,
3. Vapour density, and 4.Enthalpy.Verify your result by
psychrometric chart. Ans.[ 0.007934 bar, 0.0049 kg / kg of dry
air, 0.00582 kg / m3 of dry air, 34.58 kJ/kg dry air]

2- Assume that the outside air temperature is 32°C with a relative

humidity φ = 60%. Use the psychrometric chart to determine the
specific humidity , the enthalpy, the wet-bulb temperature , the
dew-point temperature, and the specific volume of the dry air.
Indicate all the values determined on the chart.
Ans. [ω= 18 gm-moisture/kg-air, h =78 kJ/kg-air, Twb =25.5°C,
Tdp=23°C, v=0.89m3/kg]

3- (5m × 5m × 3m) room contains air at 25°C and 100kPa at a

relative humidity of 75 percent. Determine (using perfect gas law
and psychometric equations, i.e., without using psychometric
chart) (a) the partial pressure of dry air, (b) the specific humidity,
(c) the enthalpy per unit mass of the dry air, and (d ) the masses of
the dry air and water vapor in the room. Ans. [ 97.62 kPa, 0.0152
kg H2O/kg dry air, 63.8 kJ/kg dry air, 85.61 kg, 1.30 kg]

4- Consider a house that contains air at 20°C and 75 percent

relative humidity. At what window temperature will the moisture in
the air start condensing on the inner surfaces of the windows?
Ans. [15.4°C]

5- Air flows through a duct, past a specific location (point 1) at a

rate of 2,5 m3/s. At this location the dry bulb and wet bulb
temperatures are measured to be 30°C and 22°C, respectively.
a. Make use of the Psychrometric chart to find the enthalpy,
specific volume, humidity ratio, and relative humidity of the air at
point 1.
b. If the air at point 1 flows past a heating coil and is heated to a
temperature of 45°C, what is the rate of heat is transferred to the
air?
c. If instead, the air at point 1 passes by a cooling coil and is
cooled to 15°C dry bulb and 90% relative humidity, determine the
following:

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i. Total rate of heat is withdrawn from the air

ii. The sensible heat transfer rate
iii. The sensible heat factor
iv. Mass flow rate of condensate (𝑚̇𝑊).

6- Hot dry air at 40°C and 10% relative humidity passes through an
evaporative cooler. Water is added as the air passes through a
wicks and the air exits at 27°C. Using the psychrometric chart
determine (a) the outlet relative humidity, (b) the amount of water
added, and (c) the lowest temperature that could be realized.
Ans. [45%, 5.4g-H20/kg-dry-air, 18.5°C]

7- Outside air at 35°C and 60% relative humidity is to be

conditioned by cooling and heating so as to bring the air to within
the comfort condition as shown in figure below. Using the
Psychrometric Chart plot the required air conditioning process and
estimate (a) the amount of moisture removed, (b) the heat
removed and (c) the amount of heat added. Ans. [11.5g-H20/kg-
dry-air,, qcool1-2 = 48kJ/kg-dry-air, , qheat 2-3 = 10kJ/kg-dry-air]

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8- (0.2 kg/s) of moist air at 45 C (DBT) and 10% RH is mixed with
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0.3 kg/s of moist air at 25 C and a humidity ratio of 0.018 kgw/kgda
in an adiabatic mixing chamber. After mixing, the mixed air is
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heated to a final temperature of 40 C using a heater. Find the
temperature and relative humidity of air after mixing. Find the heat
transfer rate in the heater and relative humidity of air at the exit of
heater. Assume the barometric pressure to be 1 atm.
Ans.[33°C,41.8%,3.57kW,28.5%]

9-An air-conditioning system is to take in outdoor air at 10°C and

30 percent relative humidity at a steady rate of 45 m3/min and to
condition it to 25°C and 60 percent relative humidity. The outdoor
air is first heated to 22°C in the heating section and then

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humidified by the injection of hot steam in the humidifying section.

Assuming the entire process takes place at a pressure of 100 kPa,
determine (a) the rate of heat supply in the heating section and (b)
the mass flow rate of the steam required in the humidifying section.
Ans. [11.2 kW, 0.0089 kg/s]

10-The atmospheric air at 30 ºC dry bulb temperature and 75%

relative humidity enters a cooling coil at the rate 200 m3/min. the
coil dew point temperature is 14 ºC and the by-pass factor of the
coil is 0.1. Determine: 1. the temperature of air leaving the cooling
coil; 2. the capacity of the cooling coil in tones of refrigeration and
in kilowatt (1tones of refrigeration=3.5kW); 3. the amount of
water vapour removed per minute; and 4. the sensible heat factor
for the process. Ans.[ 15.6°C ,41.38 TR, 144.845 kW,0.034kg/s,
0.377]

11-Determine the final dry bulb temperature and relative humidity

of air washer with recirculated spray water if the air is initially at dry
bulb temperature 35 ºC and 50% relative humidity as it enters an
air washer which has humidifying efficiency of 85 percent.
Ans.[ 27.435 ºC, 90%]

12- Two airstreams are mixed steadily and adiabatically. The first
stream enters at 32°C and 40 percent relative humidity at a rate of
20 m3/min, while the second stream enters at 12°C and 90 percent
relative humidity at a rate of 25 m3/min.Assuming that the mixing
process occurs at a pressure of 1 atm, determine the specific
humidity, the relative humidity, the dry-bulb temperature, and the
volume flow rate of the mixture. Answers: 0.0096 kg H2O/kg dry
air, 63.4 percent, 20.6°C, 45.0 m3/min