REFRIGERATION

AND
AIR-CONDITIONING

PSYCHROMETRIC PROCESSES
NUMERICALS

PREPARED BY
NIRANJAN BASTAKOTI
SENSIBLE COOLING

Sensible Cooling

22oC, 63% rh 35oC, 30% rh

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 SENSIBLE COOLING
Atmospheric air with dry bulb temperature of 28oC and wet bulb temperature of 17oC is
cooled to 15oC without changing its moisture content. Find original relative humidity and
final wet bulb temperature and relative humidity of the air.

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 SENSIBLE HEATING

Sensible Heating
10oC, 70% rh 20oC, 43% rh

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 SENSIBLE HEATING
The atmospheric air at 760 mm of Hg, dry bulb temperature 15oC and wet bulb temperature
11oC enters a heating coil whose temperature is 41oC. Assuming by-pass factor of heating coil
as 0.4, determine dry bulb temperature, wet bulb temperature and relative humidity of the air
leaving the coil. Also determine the sensible heat added to the air per kg of dry air.

BPF = (T3 – T2) /

(T3 – T1)

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COOLING AND DEHUMIFICATION

30oC, 70% rh

Cooling and
Dehumidification

14oC, 100% rh

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 COOLING AND DEHUMIFICATION
In a cooling application moist air enters a refrigeration coil at the rate of 100 kg of dry air
per minute at 35oC and 50% relative humidity. The apparatus dew point of coil is 5oC and
by-pass factor is 0.15. Determine the outlet state of moist air and cooling capacity of coil in
TR.

BPF = (T2 – T4)

(T1 – T4)

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 HEATING AND HUMIFICATION

22oC, 50% rh

Heating and
Humidification
Latent load

Sensible load
5oC, 30% rh

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 HEATING AND HUMIFICATION
The atmospheric air at 25oC dry bulb temperature and 12oC wet bulb temperature is flowing
at the rate of 100 m3/min through the duct. The dry saturated steam at 100oC is injected into
the air steam at the rate of 72 kg per hour. Calculate the specific humidity and enthalpy of the
leaving air. Also determine the dry bulb temperature, wet bulb temperature and relative
humidity of the leaving air. Enthalpy of dry saturated steam corresponding to 100oC is 2676
kJ/kg.

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EVAPORATIVE COOLING

22oC, 57% rh
Evaporative Cooling

30oC, 20% rh

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 EVAPORATIVE COOLING
200 m3/min of air is passed through the adiabatic humidifier. The condition of air at inlet is
40oC dry bulb temperature and 15% relative humidity and the outlet condition is 25oC dry bulb
temperature and 20oC wet bulb temperature. Find the dew point temperature and the amount of
water vapour added to the air per minute.

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HEATING AND DEHUMIDIFICATION

22oC, 57% rh
Heating and dehumidification

30oC, 20% rh

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 HEATING AND DEHUMIDIFICATION
Saturated air at 21oC is passed through a drier so that its final relative humidity is 20%.
The drier uses silica gel adsorbent. The air is then passed through a cooler until its final
temperature is 21oC without a change in specific humidity. Determine DBT, WBT of the
air at the end of the drying process and moisture removed during drying. Also determine
heat rejected and relative humidity at the end of cooling process.

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MIXING OF AIRSTREAMS

40oC, 50% rh

Mixing of airstreams

26.8oC, 78% rh

20oC, 100% rh

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 MIXING OF AIRSTREAMS
One kg of air at 40oC DBT and 50% rh is mixed with 2 kg of air at 20oC DBT and 20oC DPT.
Calculated temperature and specific humidity of the mixture.

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