14-11 A tank contains 15 kg of dry air and 0.
17 kg of water vapor at 30C and 100
kPa total pressure. Determine:
(a) the specific humidity,
(b) the relative humidity,
(c) thevolume of the tank.
14-13 A room contains air at 20C and 98 kPa at a relative humidity of 85 percent.
Determine:
(a) the partial pressure of dry air,
(b) the specific humidity of the air,
(c) the enthalpy per unit mass of dry air
14-15 A room contains air at 85F and 13.5 psia at a relative humidity of 60 perce
nt. Determine:
(a) the partial pressure of dry air,
(b) the specific humidity,
(c) the enthalpy per unit mass of dry air.
14-16 An 8 m^3-tank contains saturated air at 30C, 105 kPa.
Determine:
(a) the mass of dry air,
(b) the specific humidity,
(c) the enthalpy of the air per unit mass of the dry air.
14-17 Determine the masses of dry air and the water vapor contained in a 90-m^3
room at 93 kPa, 26C, and 50 percent relative humidity.
14-18 Humid air at 100 kPa, 20C, and 90 percent relative humidity is compressed i
n a steady-flow, isentropic compressor to 800 kPa. What is the relative humidity
of the air at the compressor outlet?
14-28 The dry- and wet-bulb temperatures of atmospheric air at 95 kPa are 25 and
17C, respectively. Determine:
(a) the specific humidity,
(b) the relative humidity,
(c) the enthalpy of the air, in kJ/kg dry air.
14-29 The air in a room has a dry-bulb temperature of 26C and a wet-bulb temperat
ure of 218C. Assuming a pressure of 100 kPa, determine
(a) the specific humidity,
(b) the relative humidity,
(c) the dew-point temperature.
14-31 The air in a room has a dry-bulb temperature of 75F and a wet-bulb temperat
ure of 65F. Assuming a
pressure of 14.3 psia, determine:
(a) the specific humidity,
(b) the relative humidity,
(c) the dew-point temperature.
14-32 Atmospheric air at 35C flows steadily into an adiabatic saturation device a
nd leaves as a saturated mixture at 25C. Makeup water is supplied to the device a
t 25C. Atmospheric pressure is 98 kPa. Determine the relative humidity and specif
ic humidity of the air.
14-39 The air in a room has a pressure of 1 atm, a dry-bulb temperature of 24C, a
nd a wet-bulb temperature of 17C. Using the psychrometric chart, determine:
(a) the specific humidity,
(b) the enthalpy, in kJ/kg dry air,
(c) the relative humidity,
(d) the dew-point temperature, and
(e) the specific volume of the air, in m^3/kg dry air.
14-41 Atmospheric air at a pressure of 1 atm and drybulb temperature of 28C has a
wet-bulb temperature of 20C. Using the psychrometric chart, determine:
(a) the relative humidity,
(b) the humidity ratio,
(c) the enthalpy,
(d) the dew-point temperature, and
(e) the water vapor pressure
14-43 Atmospheric air at a pressure of 1 atm and drybulb temperature of 90F has a
dew-point temperature of 75F. Using the psychrometric chart, determine:
(a) the relative humidity,
(b) the humidity ratio,
(c) the enthalpy,
(d) the wet-bulb temperature,
(e) the water vapor pressure.
14-64 Air enters a heating section at 95 kPa, 12C, and 30 percent relative humidi
ty at a rate of 6 m^3/min, and it
leaves at 25C. Determine:
(a) the rate of heat transfer in the heating section
(b) the relative humidity of the air at the exit.
14-65 Humid air at 1 atm, 35C, and 45 percent relative humidity is cooled at cons
tant pressure to the dew-point temperature. Determine the cooling, in kJ/kg dry
air, required for this process.
