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