Chemical and Process Engineering

Faculty of Engineering
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka

CP 201 – Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering

Psychrometric Chart

PITAWALA L.M.P.D.
E/15/269
2018.05.14
 (1) SATURATED VAPOUR PRESSURE (ps)

𝑡
𝑝𝑠 = 610.78 × 𝑒 (𝑡+238.2)×17.2694 × 10−5 bar ----(1)

Temp Ps (bar) Temp Ps (bar) Temp Ps (bar) Temp Ps (bar) Temp Ps (bar)
(℃) (℃) (℃) (℃) (℃)

0 0.006108 11 0.013086 21 0.024734 31 0.04459 41 0.077064

1 0.006565 12 0.013978 22 0.026289 32 0.047183 42 0.081223

2 0.007052 13 0.014923 23 0.027928 33 0.049907 43 0.085575

3 0.007571 14 0.015924 24 0.029657 34 0.052766 44 0.090127

4 0.008123 15 0.016983 25 0.031478 35 0.055766 45 0.094886

5 0.00871 16 0.018104 26 0.033395 36 0.058913 46 0.09986

6 0.009334 17 0.019288 27 0.035414 37 0.062212 47 0.105058

7 0.009998 18 0.020541 28 0.037538 38 0.065671 48 0.110486

8 0.010703 19 0.021863 29 0.039772 39 0.069295 49 0.116155

9 0.011451 20 0.02326 30 0.042121 40 0.07309 50 0.122071

10 0.012244

Comparison with data from steam tables

Temperature (℃) Calculated ps (bar) Steam Table ps (bar)

10 0.012244 0.01227
20 0.02326 0.02337
30 0.042121 0.04242
40 0.07309 0.07375
50 0.122071 0.1233

The values calculated from equation (1) are similar to the values given in the steam table to an accuracy to the
third decimal place.

(2) SATURATED HUMIDITY (HS)

18×𝑝𝑠
𝐻𝑠 = 𝑘𝑔/𝑘𝑔 ---(2)
29×(𝑝𝑇 −𝑝𝑠 )
 Temp Hs (kg/kg) Temp Hs (kg/kg) Temp Hs (kg/kg) Temp Hs (kg/kg) Temp Hs (kg/kg)
(℃) (℃) (℃) (℃) (℃)

0 0.0037651 11 0.00812313 21 0.01553425 31 0.02857919 41 0.05110703

1 0.00404869 12 0.00868467 22 0.01653688 32 0.03032268 42 0.05410585

2 0.00435117 13 0.00928065 23 0.01759757 33 0.03216369 43 0.05727226

3 0.00467361 14 0.00991294 24 0.01871939 34 0.0341075 44 0.06061601

4 0.00501718 15 0.01058353 25 0.01990559 35 0.0361597 45 0.06414756

5 0.00538308 16 0.01129446 26 0.02115957 36 0.03832619 46 0.06787811

6 0.00577258 17 0.01204791 27 0.02248493 37 0.04061325 47 0.07181966

7 0.00618702 18 0.01284616 28 0.02388547 38 0.04302755 48 0.07598513

8 0.00662778 19 0.0136916 29 0.02536517 39 0.04557618 49 0.08038839

9 0.00709635 20 0.01458675 30 0.02692826 40 0.04826666 50 0.0850444

10 0.00759426

Comparison with data from psychrometric chart

Temperature (℃) Calculated Hs (kg/kg) Psychrometric Chart Hs (kg/kg)

1 0.00404869 0.004
4 0.00501718 0.005
14 0.00991294 0.010
18 0.01284616 0.013
24 0.01871939 0.019

The values calculated from equation (2) are similar to the values read from the psychrometric chart to an accuracy
to the third decimal place.

(3) WATER VAPOUR PRESSURE (pH2O)

𝑝𝐻2𝑂
𝑅𝐻 = × 100% ---(3)
𝑝𝑠
Temp PH2O (bar) Temp PH2O (bar) Temp PH2O (bar) Temp PH2O (bar) Temp PH2O (bar)
(℃) (℃) (℃) (℃) (℃)

0 0.00122156 11 0.002617228 21 0.004946748 31 0.008917946 41 0.015412825

1 0.001312974 12 0.002795655 22 0.005257741 32 0.009436648 42 0.016244693

2 0.001410382 13 0.002984679 23 0.005585679 33 0.009981359 43 0.01711506

3 0.001514118 14 0.00318483 24 0.005931334 34 0.010553161 44 0.018025395

4 0.001624532 15 0.003396663 25 0.006295508 35 0.011153173 45 0.018977205

5 0.00174199 16 0.003620752 26 0.006679028 36 0.011782548 46 0.019972043

6 0.001866873 17 0.003857692 27 0.007082754 37 0.012442475 47 0.021011506

7 0.001999579 18 0.004108106 28 0.007507574 38 0.013134182 48 0.022097236

8 0.002140525 19 0.004372637 29 0.007954408 39 0.013858933 49 0.023230919

9 0.002290144 20 0.004651953 30 0.008424204 40 0.014618033 50 0.02441429

10 0.002448888

(4) HUMIDITY (H)

18×𝑝𝐻2𝑂
𝐻= 𝑘𝑔/𝑘𝑔 ---(4)
29×(𝑝𝑇 −𝑝𝐻20 )

Temp H (kg/kg) Temp H (kg/kg) Temp H (kg/kg) Temp H (kg/kg) Temp H (kg/kg)
(℃) (℃) (℃) (℃) (℃)

0 0.000749383 11 0.001607793 21 0.003045866 31 0.005512773 41 0.00958972

1 0.000805535 12 0.001717706 22 0.003238353 32 0.005836432 42 0.010115735

2 0.00086538 13 0.001834189 23 0.003441457 33 0.006176681 43 0.010667036

3 0.000929126 14 0.001957577 24 0.003655677 34 0.00653425 44 0.011244685

4 0.000996989 15 0.00208822 25 0.003881533 35 0.006909898 45 0.011849783

5 0.001069198 16 0.00222648 26 0.004119564 36 0.007304413 46 0.012483476

6 0.00114599 17 0.002372737 27 0.004370332 37 0.007718612 47 0.013146951

7 0.001227614 18 0.002527386 28 0.00463442 38 0.008153345 48 0.013841444

8 0.001314329 19 0.002690836 29 0.004912432 39 0.008609492 49 0.014568238

9 0.001406406 20 0.002863514 30 0.005204999 40 0.009087967 50 0.015328663

10 0.001504129
Comparison with data from psychrometric chart

Temperature (℃) Calculated H (kg/kg) Psychrometric Chart H (kg/kg)

10 0.001504129 0.0015
20 0.002863514 0.0028
30 0.005204999 0.0052
40 0.009087967 0.0092
50 0.015328663 0.0156

The values calculated from equation (4) are similar to the values read from the psychrometric chart to an accuracy
to the third decimal place.

(5) Enthalpy (I)

𝐼 = 1 × 𝐶𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟 × 𝑡 + 𝐻 {𝜆0 + 𝐶𝑝𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑟 × 𝑡} 𝑘𝐽/𝑘𝑔 ---(5)

Temp I (MJ/kg) Temp I (MJ/kg) Temp I (MJ/kg) Temp I (MJ/kg) Temp I (MJ/kg)
(℃) (℃) (℃) (℃) (℃)

0 0.00942028 11 0.03155449 21 0.06059294 31 0.10432129 41 0.17297131

1 0.01114328 12 0.03399279 22 0.06417669 32 0.10984473 42 0.18180614

2 0.01291463 13 0.03652017 23 0.06791185 33 0.11562453 43 0.19108457

3 0.01473718 14 0.03914154 24 0.07180657 34 0.12167474 44 0.20083273

4 0.01661391 15 0.04186209 25 0.07586944 35 0.12801025 45 0.21107862

5 0.01854799 16 0.04468725 26 0.08010952 36 0.13464685 46 0.22185223

6 0.02054273 17 0.04762273 27 0.08453635 37 0.14160131 47 0.23318576

7 0.0226016 18 0.05067456 28 0.08916002 38 0.14889143 48 0.2451138

8 0.02472827 19 0.05384905 29 0.09399114 39 0.15653615 49 0.25767356

9 0.02692658 20 0.05715284 30 0.09904094 40 0.16455562 50 0.27090518

10 0.02920057
 (6) HUMID HEAT (CS)

𝑘𝐽
𝐶𝑆 = 𝐶𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟 + 𝐻 × 𝐶𝑝𝐻2𝑂 𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑟 ---(6)
𝑘𝑔.𝐾

At 9 ℃, from equation (6) Cs = 1.0085878 kJ/kg.K

And I = 12.59611889 kJ/kg when the relative humidity is 20% at 9 ℃.

(7) PSYCHROMETRIC CHART

Psychrometric Chart
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Ps (bar)
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Hs (kg/kg)
20% PH2O (bar)
0.12 10% H (kg/kg)
20% H (kg/kg)
30% H (kg/kg)
0.1
40% H (kg/kg)
50% H (kg/kg)
0.08
60% H (kg/kg)
70% H (kg/kg)
0.06 80% H (kg/kg)
90% H (kg/kg)
Is/2 (MJ/kg)
0.04

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Dry Bulb Temperature (℃)