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The document contains a series of problems related to humidification and drying processes, including calculations for dew points, relative humidity, and drying times under various conditions. It covers scenarios involving gas mixtures, air supply for dryers, and the drying of wet solids. Each problem requires specific calculations based on given parameters such as temperature, pressure, and moisture content.

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The document contains a series of problems related to humidification and drying processes, including calculations for dew points, relative humidity, and drying times under various conditions. It covers scenarios involving gas mixtures, air supply for dryers, and the drying of wet solids. Each problem requires specific calculations based on given parameters such as temperature, pressure, and moisture content.

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HUMIDIFICATION

1. The vapor pressure of styrene is 100 mmHg at 82ºC and 200 mmHg at
100ºC. A gas that consists of 10 mol% styrene and 90 mol% non-
condensable is contained in a tank at 100ºC and 100 mmHg. Calculate
the dew point of the gas, the relative saturation, the molal saturation,
and the percentage saturation.
2. In a vessel at 101.325 kN/m2 and 300K, the percentage relative
humidity of the water vapor in the air is 25, if the partial pressure of
water vapor when air is saturated with vapor at 300K is 3.6 kN/m 2 ,
calculate the partial pressure of the water vapor in the vessel, the
humidity of the air, the humid volume, and the percentage humidity.
3. A stream of air at 100ºC and 5260 mmHg contains 10% water by
volume. Calculate the dew point. Calculate the percentage of the vapor
condenses and the final composition of the gas phase if the air is
cooled to 80ºC at constant pressure. Calculate the percent
condensation, if, instead of being cooled, the air is compressed
isothermally to 8500 mmHg.
4. The absolute humidity of a carbon dioxide-water vapor mixture at 310K
and 100 kPa is measured to be 0.022 kg water per kg dry carbon
dioxide. Calculate the molal humidity, the percent relative saturation,
the percent saturation, the temperature to which the gas is to be
heated at constant pressure to reduce its percent saturation to 30
percent.
5. A gas mixture contains 0.0083 mol of water vapor per mol of dry
methane at a temperature of 27ºC and a total pressure of 200 kPa.
Calculate the percent relative saturation of the mixture, percent
saturation of the mixture, and the temperature of the mixture must be
heated at 200 kPa in order that the relative saturation will be 0.20.
6. In a process in which it is used as a solvent, benzene is evaporated into
dry nitrogen. At 297 K and 101.3 kN/m2 , the resulting mixture has a
percentage relative humidity of 60. It is required to recover 80 percent
of the benzene present by cooling to 283 K and compressing to a
suitable pressure. What should this pressure be? The vapor pressure of
benzene is 12.2 kN/m2 at 297 K and 6.0 kN/m2 at 283 K.
7. 30,000 m3 of cool gas (measured at 289 K and 101.3 kN/m2 saturated
with water vapor) is compressed to 340 kN/m2 pressure, cooled to 289
K and the condensed water is drained off. Subsequently, the pressure
is reduced to 170 kN/m2 ang the gas is distributed at this pressure and
289 K. What is the percentage humidity after this treatment? The
vapor pressure of water at 289K is 1.8 kN/m2 .
8. The air supply for a dryer has a dry-bulb temperature of 70ºF and a wet
bulb temperate of 60ºF. It is heated to 200ºF by coils and blown into
the dryer. In the dryer it cools along an adiabatic cooling line and
leaves the dryer fully saturated. What is the dew point of the initial air?
What is its humidity? What is its percentage relative humidity? How
much heat is needed to heat 100 ft3 to 200ºF? How much water will be
evaporated per 100 ft3 of entering air? At what temperature does the
air leave the dryer?
9. The semiconductor plant at the Food Terminal Export Zone, an
adiabatic dryer is used where air enters at 160ºF. If the air has a dew
point of 68ºF and it picked up 0.08lb water per 100 ft 3 , how saturated
is the air coming out of the dryer?
10. If 100 lb of dry air at 50ºF db and 50ºF wb is mixed with 300 lb of
dry air at 110ºF db and 80ºF wb, the resulting mixture will have a dry
bulb temperature of
11. What is the wet bulb temperature of the resulting mixture for the
mixed air of Problem 10?
12. 1000 cfm of air (A) at 95ºF dry bulb, 74ºF wet bulb is mixed with
2000 cfm of air (B) at 65ºF dry bulb, 54ºF wet bulb. Determine for the
mixed stream: The dry bulb temperature, the wet bulb temperature,
the cfm of mixed stream.
13. Air in an amount 1000 cfm at 150ºF, 20% RH is passed over a
refrigerated coil and thereby brought to 60ºF, 90% RH with the
condensed moisture withdrawn at 55ºF. The air is then reheated by
means of an electric heating coil to 150ºF. Compute the moisture
removed in lb/min.
DRYING

1. A wet solid is dried in a batch drier under constant drying conditions


from 25% db to 10% db in 4.17 hours. The critical moisture content is
15% db and its equilibrium moisture content is 5% db. How long will it
take to dry the solid from 30% db to 8% db under the same drying
conditions?
2. Wet solid is dried in a batch dryer under constant drying conditions
from 35% to 10% in 7 hours. The critical moisture content is 20% and
the equilibrium moisture is 4%. All moisture contents are on dry basis.
How long should it take to dry the same solid from 10% to 5% moisture
under the same drying conditions.
3. Wet solid is to be dried from 40 to 10% in 5 hours under constant
drying conditions. The critical moisture is 20% and the equilibrium
moisture content is 7%. All moisture contents are on a dry basis. The
time needed to dry from 15% to 5% free moisture under the same
drying conditions is
4. A porous material dried in the open air at a rate appropriately
proportional to its moisture content. If a sheet hands in the wind losses
half its free moisture in the first hour, when will it have lost 99%,
weather conditions remaining the same?
5. The initial moisture content of a food product is 77% (wet basis) and
the critical moisture content is 30% (wet basis). If the constant drying
rate is 0.1 kg H2O/m2-s, compute the time required for the product to
begin the falling rate drying period. Neglect equilibrium moisture
content. The product has a cube shape with 5cm sides, and the initial
product density is 950 kg/m3..
6. Ipil-Ipil leaves will be dried in a moving train of trays dyers. The wet
leaves containing 75% (wet basis) is to be dried to 15% (wet basis) in a
tray containing 1m x 1.5m. The wet leaves are spread out in the tray to
a uniform thickness of 8 cm. Calculate: The number of trays needed to
produce 1MT of the dried leaves. The amount of water removed/MT of
product. The density of the leaves is 0.75 g/cc. If dry hot air at 20% RH
and a dry bulb temperature of 110 F is blown into the dryer and moist
air leaves at 105 F dry bulb and 86 F wet bulb temperatures, how
many cubic feet of dry hot air will be needed per MT of product.
7. An adiabatic tunnel dryer handles 100kg of banana chips per batch
reducing the moisture content from 50% to 12% wet basis. Drying
takes 10 hours to complete by flowing air at 82C and 5%RH. The air
leaves the dryer saturated. Assuming that the rate of drying is
constant, calculate the volume of air blown in cubic meter per hour.

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