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Fme7 Lecture 1

This document discusses concepts in psychrometry including: 1) Psychrometry is the science dealing with physical laws of air-water vapor mixtures. Dalton's law of partial pressure states that gas pressure in a mixture equals the sum of its partial pressures. 2) Saturated air is air at the condensation point where water vapor condenses to liquid with decreasing temperature. Most air is a mixture of dry air and water vapor. 3) Key psychrometric properties are defined including dry bulb temperature, density, specific volume, humidity ratio, gas constants, dew point temperature, enthalpy, relative humidity, and percent saturation. 4) A sample problem is shown to calculate moisture content using psychrome

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Fme7 Lecture 1

This document discusses concepts in psychrometry including: 1) Psychrometry is the science dealing with physical laws of air-water vapor mixtures. Dalton's law of partial pressure states that gas pressure in a mixture equals the sum of its partial pressures. 2) Saturated air is air at the condensation point where water vapor condenses to liquid with decreasing temperature. Most air is a mixture of dry air and water vapor. 3) Key psychrometric properties are defined including dry bulb temperature, density, specific volume, humidity ratio, gas constants, dew point temperature, enthalpy, relative humidity, and percent saturation. 4) A sample problem is shown to calculate moisture content using psychrome

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08/11/2021 Dry Bulb Temperature

• Is the temperature indicated by a


PSYCHROMETRY thermometer exposed to the air

• Is the science dealing with the Pressure


physical laws of air – water • Pertains to the air ambient
vapour mixtures. pressure.

Saturated Air Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressure


• Is an aircondition that results in • States that in an mixture of
the condensation of water vapor miscible gases, the pressure
into liquid when temperature is exerted by gases on its container
decreased. It’s the condition of is equal to the sum of its partial
air which is saturated. pressures of the gases.

Most Air
• Mixture of dry air and water
vapour.

Dry Air – is the non-condensable


component of moist air.

PSYCHROMETRIC STANDARDS

Density of Air Specific Volume


• 1.293 kg/m3 at 101.325 kPA and • The volume of a unit mass dry-
0 deg C air.

Density of Water
• 1000 kg/m3 at 101.325 kPA and
4 deg C

Density of Water Humidity Ratio (moisture content,


• 998.23 kg/m3 at 101.325 kPA mixing or specific humidity)
and 20 deg C • The ratio of the mass of water
vapour and the mass of dry air.
Gas Constant of Air
• 0.29708 kJ/kG-K

Gas Constant of Water Vapour


• 0.4615 kJ/kG-K

DEW point Temperature


• The temperature at which
moisture starts to condense out
of the air is known as DEW
POINT.
Enthalphy Percent Saturation
• It is the sum of the enthalpy of • Is the ratio of the air humidity
dry air and the enthalpy of the ratio, to the humidity ratio of
water vapour saturated air at the same
pressure and temperature.
ASHRAE Formula

Where: hg = enthalpy of saturated


vapour at air temperature

IHVE Formula (Institute of Heating and


Ventilating Engineers) Sample Problem

1. Calculate the moisture content of a


moist air at 20 deg C DB, 15 deg C
WB, and 95 kPaa Barometric
Relative Humidity pressure.
• Is the ratio of the partial pressure
of water vapour to that of the Given:
saturation pressure of water at • DB = 20 deg C
given dry-bulb temperature. • WB = 15 deg C
Barometric Pressure = Atmospheric
Pressure
• pt = 95 kPaa

IHVE Formula Solution:


a) For wetbulb temperature that is For the determination of W
equal or greater than zero. From steam table at 15 deg C WB
pwb = 0.0017051 MPa or 1.7051 kPa

Solving for pv,


For wet-bulb temperature less
than zero

Solving for W
Where:
-pwb = saturation pressure of
water vapour at given wet bulb
temperature
For the humidity ratio,

From steam table at 20 deg C


pd = 2.339 kPa
For enthalpy,
Using ASHRAE formula

From steam table at 20 deg C


hg = 2538.1 kJ/kg

For enthalpy using IHVE formula

Percent Saturation

Friday
• Psychrometric Chart by Carrier
of ASHRAE

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