2161908 REFRIGERATION AND AIRCONDITIONING

TOPIC : PSHYCHROMETRY:BASICS AND PROCESSES

ALA-PRESENTATION
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ENROLMENT NO. NAME

160110119113 SHLOK TRIVEDI

160110119114 HARSH UMRADIA

160110119115 DHRUV UPADHYAY

160110119116 ASHISHKUMAR VADHVANI

160110119117 NIKUNJ VAGHASHIA

 Pschychrometry

• Psychrometry is the science dealing with the physical laws of

air–water vapour mixtures.

• When designing an air conditioning system, the temperature and

moisture content of the air to be conditioned, and the same
properties of the air needed to produce the desired air
conditioning effect.

• In other words, we can say that Psychrometry is the study of

moist air or mixture of dry air and water vapour.
Properties of pschychrometry
Dew point
• The temperature at which moisture starts to condense out of the air is
known as Dew point.

• Dew point is also known as saturation temperature.

• Dew point temperature is determined by moving from a state point

horizontally to the left along lines of constant humidity ratio until the upper,
curved, saturation temperature boundary is reached.

• Condensation occurs at the Dew Point Temperature.

 Relative Humidity
• The amount of moisture that air holds (mv) relative to the maximum
amount of moisture the air can hold (ms) at the same temperature.

• Relative humidity is normally expressed as a percentage.

• When Φ is 100 percent, the air is saturated.

Humidity Ratio
•Humidity ratio can be defined as :
actual weight of water in an air – water vapour mixture

•It indicates the amount of moisture present per unit of dry air.

•It can also be defined as, W=m/G

 Wet bulb temperature

• Wet bulb temperature is the temperature

recorded by thermometer when the bulb is
enveloped by cotton wick saturated with
water.

• The accuracy of a simple wet-bulb

thermometer depends on how fast air
passes over the bulb and how well the
thermometer is shielded from the radiant
temperature of its surroundings.
 Dry bulb temperature
• The dry-bulb temperature is the
temperature indicated by a
thermometer exposed to the air
in a place sheltered from direct
solar radiation.
• The term dry-bulb is customarily
added to temperature to
distinguish it from wet-bulb and
dew point temperature.
Humidity
Specific humidity:
•Specific humidity is defined as the proportion of the mass of water
vapour per unit mass of the moist air sample (dry air plus the water
vapour); it is closely related to humidity ratio and always lower in value.
Absolute humidty:
•The mass of water vapor per unit volume of air containing the water
vapor. This quantity is also known as the water vapour density
Psychrometric Ratio
• The Psychrometric ratio is the ratio of the heat transfer coefficient to
the product of mass transfer coefficient and humid heat at a wetted
surface.
• It may be evaluated with the following equation:
Psychrometric Processes
Psychrometric Processes or Air conditioning
Processes

• Sensible Heating : It is addition of heat to moist air without the

addition of moisture.
• It follows a constant humidity ratio line on the psychrometric chart.
 Sensible Cooling:
• It is the removal of heat from moist air without the removal of
moisture.
• It also follows a constant W on the psychrometric chart.
Heating and humidification
• It is a physchrometric process that involves simultaneous increase in
both the dry bulb temperature and humidity ratio of air.
Cooling and dehumidification
• It is a pshychrometric process that involves removal of water from air
as the air temperature fall below the dew point temperature.
Cooling and humidification

•It is a phscyhrometric process that involves cooling of air without heat

loss or gain.

•Sensible heat loss by air is converted into latent heat in the added water
vapour.
Adiabatic mixing of moist air and water
vapour
• A psychrometric process that involves no net heat loss or gain during
the mixing of two air streams.
Adiabatic or evaporative cooling
• It is a psychrometric process which invovles the cooling without
heat loss or gain.
• Sensible heat lost by air is converted to latent heat in the added
water vapor
Thank you