CHAPTER-20

AIR-CONDITIONING

1.When 100 kg/min of outside air at 32C dry

bulb and 200 kg/min re-circulated air at 22C
dry bulb are mixed with an air conditioning
system, the resulting dry bulb temperature
A. 25.33C
B. 35.44C
C. 46.33C
D. 26.88C

2.The amount water carried by air in a cooling

tower is 15 lb/min. The change in humidity ratio
in outlet and inlet is 0.025 lb/lb. Determine the
volume flow of air needed if specific volume is
13ft3/lb.
A. 6000 ft3/min
B. 7800 ft3/min
C. 7500 ft3/min
D. 5000 ft3/min

3.The change of enthalpy of air in a cooling

tower is 35 Btu/lb and the mass flow of air is
453.17 lb/min. Water enters the tower at the
rate of 50 gpm and 115F. Determine the exit
temperature.
A.
B.
C.
D.

45F
55F
65F
77F

4.The change of enthalpy in an air

conditioning unit is 10 Btu/lb. The
mass supply air is 150,000 lb/hr. What
is the conditioner capacity?
A.
B.
C.
D.

125
100
150
200

TR
TR
TR
TR

5.re-circulated air of 8 kg/sec with 53 KJ/kg

enthalpy and outside air of 2kg/sec with 90
KJ/kg enthalpy enters the conditioning unit.
Determine the air conditioning capacity if
supply enthalpy to conditioned space is 42
KJ/kg.
A.
B.
C.
D.

154
164
174
184

KW
KW
KW
KW

6.Outside air of an air conditioning system is

25% of
re-circulated air.
Determine the mass of outside air if supply air
is 15 kg/sec.
A.
B.
C.
D.

1 kg/sec
2 kg/sec
3kg/sec
4 kg/sec

7.The sensible heat load and latent heat

load in air conditioning system is 120 KW
and 47 KW, respectively. What is the
sensible heat factor?
A.
B.
C.
D.

65.34%
29.45%
76.54
71.86%

8.The total heat load and latent heat load of

theater is 150 KW and 60 KW, respectively.
Supply air is at 15C and has a mass of 9
kg/sec.
Determine the temperature to be maintained in
the theater.
A.
B.
C.
D.

20C
25C
30C
35C

9.A cooling tower has an efficiency of 65%.

Water enters the tower at 55C. The wet bulb
temperature of surrounding air is 27C. What is
the temperature of water leaving the tower?
A.
B.
C.
D.

36.8C
44.5C
46.9C
30.4C

10.The change to temperature entering the

cooling tower and wet bulb temperature of
surrounding air is 25C and efficiency is 65%. If
mass of water leaving the tower is 10 kg/sec,
determine the heat carried by air.
A.
B.
C.
D.

720
540
680
700

KW
KW
KW
KW

11.The approach and efficiency of cooling water

is 10C and 60%, respectively. If temperature of
water leaving the tower is 37C, what is the
temperature of water entering?
A.
B.
C.
D.

46C
52C
68C
48C

12.A cooling tower is used to control a jacket

water loss from the engine. The heat generated
by fuel is 2500 KW and cooling loss is 30%. If
temperature range of the tower is 15C.
Determine the mass flow of water entering the
tower
A.
B.
C.
D.

12
14
16
18

kg/sec
kg/sec
kg/sec
kg/sec

13.A dryer is to deliver 1000 kg/hr of

cassava with 2% moisture and 20%
moisture in the feed. Determine the mass
of air required if the change in humidity
ratio is 0.0165.
A.
B.
C.
D.

3.57
4.67
3.79
5.36

kg/sec
kg/sec
kg/sec
kg/sec

14.The moisture remove from a material is 250

lb/hr and a change of humidity ratio dyer is
0.0175. Determine the fan capacity if specific
volume of air entering is 35 ft3/lb.
A.
B.
C.
D.

400,000
450,000
500,000
550,000

ft3/hr
ft3/hr
ft3/hr
ft3/hr

15.The change of enthalpy in a heating

chamber of dryer is 25 Btu and the mass of
air supplied is 30,000 lb/hr. What is the heat
supplied by heater?
A.
B.
C.
D.

560
450
350
220

KW
KW
KW
KW

16.Water at 55oC is cooled in a cooling tower

which has an efficiency of 65%. The
temperature of the surrounding air is 32oC dry
bulb and 70% relative humidity. The heat
dissipated from the condenser is 2,300,00 KJ/hr.
Find the capacity in liters per second of the
pump used in the cooling tower.
A.
B.
C.
D.

8.55
7.34
6.34
9.23

17.Fifty gallons per minute of water enters a

cooling tower at 115oF. Atmospheric air at 60oF
and 55% relative humidity enters the tower
volume at 6,000 cfm and leaves at 90oF
saturated. Determine the volume of water that
leaves the volume in gpm.
A.
B.
C.
D.

32.34
48.62
34.23
65.33

18. Fifty gallons per minute of water enters a

cooling tower at 115oF. Atmospheric air at 60oF
and 55% relative humidity enters the tower
volume at 6,000 cfm and leaves at 90oF
saturated. Determine the exit temperature of
water, oF
A.
B.
C.
D.

56.23
65.33
76.61
45.34

19.An atmospheric cooling tower is to provide cooling for

the jacket water of a 4 stroke, 800 KW diesel generator
with useful output of 34% and cooling loss of 30%. The
cooling tower efficiency is 60% at a temperature of
approach of 10oC. If ambient air has a relative humidity
of 70% and dry bulb temperature of 32oC, determine the
cooling water supplied to the diesel engine in li/hr.
Generator efficiency is 97%.
A.
B.
C.
D.

41,713
45,232
43,345
47,234

20. 250,000 kg/hr of water at 35oC enters a cooling

tower where it is to be cooled to 1.75oC. The energy is to
be exchanged with the atmospheric air entering the unit
at 15oC and leaving the unit at 30oC. The air enters at
30% RH and leaves at 85%RH. If all process are
assumed to occur at atmospheric pressure, determine
the
percentage of total water flow that is make up water.
A. 3.44%
B. 8.34%
C. 3.94%
D. 2.22%

21.An auditorium is to be maintained at a

temperature of 26oC dry bulb and 50% RH. Air
is to be supplied at a temperature not lower
than 15oC dry bulb. The sensible heat gain is
110 KW and the latent heat gain is 37.5 KW.
Take ventilating air as 25% RH. Determine the
refrigeration capacity in tons.
A.
B.
C.
D.

43.45
54.23
63.28
76.34

22.An assembly hall was to have an air conditioning unit

installed which would be maintained at 26oC dry bulb and
at 50% RH. The unit delivers air at 15oC dry bulb
temperature and the calculated sensible heat load is 150
kw and latent heat is 51.3 KW. 20% by weight of extracted
air is made up of outside air at 34oC dry bulb and 60% RH
while 80% is extracted by air conditioner from the
assembly hall. Determine the air conditioners refrigeration
capacity in tons refrigeration and its ventilation load in KW.
A.
B.
C.
D.
NO

83.22, 132
75.34, 412
56.23, 45.32
54.23, 83.23
ANSWER

23.An air conditioned theater is to be maintained at 80oF

dry bulb temperature and 50% RH. The calculated total
sensible heat loaded in the theater is 620,000 Btu/hr,
and the latent heat load is 210,000 Btu/hr. The air
mixture at 84oF dry bulb and 73oF wet bulb temperature
is cooled to 63oF dry bulb and 59oF wet bulb
temperature by chilled water cooling coils and delivered
as supply air to the theater. Calculate the tons of
refrigeration required.
A.
B.
C.
D.

123
125
124
128

24.A room being air conditioned is being held at

25oC dry bulb and 50% relative humidity. A flow
rate of 5m3/s of supply air at 15oC dry bulb and
80% RH is being delivered to the room to
maintain that steady condition at 100 Kpa.
What is the sensible heat absorbed from the
room air in KW?
A.
B.
C.
D.

50.8
60.8
40.5
70.9

25.Copra enters a dryer containing 60% water

and 40% of solids and leaves with 5% water
and 95% solids. Find the weight of water
removed based on each pound of original
product.
A.
B.
C.
D.

0.34
0.63
0.86
0.58

lb
lb
lb
lb

26. Copra enters a dryer containing 60% water

and 40% of solids and leaves with 5% water
and 95% solids. Find the weight of water
removed based on each pound of final product
A.
B.
C.
D.

1.375 lb
1.19 lb
1.872 lb
2.345 lb

maintained constant by the use of steam coils

within the dryer. The product enters the dryer at
the rate of 1 metric ton per hour. The initial
moisture content is 3 kilograms moisture per
kilograms dry solid and will be dried to a moisture
content of 0.10 kg moisture per kg solid. Air enters
the dryer with a humidity ratio of 0.016 kg
moisture per kg dry air leaves with a relative
humidity of 100% while the temperature remains
constant at 60C. if the total pressure of air is
101.325 Kpa, determine capacity of forced draft fan
to handle this air in m3/min.

A.
B.
C.
D.

80
84
82
86

28. Wet material, containing 215% moisture(dry

basis) is to be dried at the rate of 1.5 Kg/sec in a
continuous dryer to give a product containing 5%
moisture(wet basis). The drying medium consist
of air heated to 373K and containing water
vapor equivalent to a partial pressure of 1.40
Kpa. The air leaves the dryer at 310K and 70%
saturated. Calculate how much air will be
required to removed the moisture.
A.
B.
C.
D.

213,233
177,142
177,242
198,242

kg/hr
kg/hr
kg/hr
kg/hr

29. A Dryer is to deliver 1000 kg/hr of palay with

a final moisture content of 10%. The initial
moisture content in the feed is 15% at
atmospheric condition with 32C dry bulb and 21
degrees centigrade wet bulb. The dryer is
maintained 45C while the relative humidity of
the hot humid air from the dryer is 80%. If the
steam pressure supplied to the heater is 2 Mpa,
determine
the heat supplied by heater in kw.
A.
3.23
B. 5.46
C. 4.23
D. 6.23

final moisture content of 10%. The initial

moisture content in the feed is 15% at
atmospheric condition with 32C dry bulb and 21
degrees centigrade wet bulb. The dryer is
maintained 45C while the relative humidity of
the hot humid air from the dryer is 80%. If the
steam pressure supplied to the heater is 2 Mpa,
3
determine
the
air
supplied
to
dryer
in
m
/hr.
A. 1332.25

B. 1532.34
C. 1234.23
D. 1982.34

31. At 30C, air vapor mixture has a

relative humidity of 70%. Find the
humidity ratio if barometric pressure is
100C. at 30C , Psat=4.246 kpa.
A.
B.
C.
D.

0.123
0.986
0.054
0.019

32. The humidity ratio of air is

0.045. if barometric pressure is
101 kpa, find the partial pressure
of water vapor.
A.
B.
C.
D.

4.23
7.34
6.81
5.23

kpa
kpa
kpa
kpa

33. Air at 36C and pressure

of 101.2 kpa has a density of
1.08 kg/m3. find the humidity
ratio
of air.
A. 0.0352
B. 0.6350
C. 0.0653
D. 0.0173

34. What is the enthalpy of the airvapor mixture at 60% RH and 35C
when the barometric pressure is 102
kpa? C: Psat= 5.628, hg= 2565.3
A.
B.
C.
D.

89.63
74.23
67.34
53.34

KJ/kg
KJ/kg
KJ/kg
KJ/kg

35. Air-vapor mixture has an

enthalpy of 75 KJ/kg at 30C .
Find the partial pressure of water
vapor, at 30C: hg= 2556.3 KJ/kg
A.
B.
C.
D.

6.34 kpa
1.34 kpa
4.231 kpa
2.791 kpa

36. Air in an air-conditioner enters at 60%

RH with w= 0.021 and leaves at 25C dry
bulb and 16C wet bulb. If mass of air is
10 kg/s, find the refrigeration capacity in
tons of refrigeration. At 60% RH, w=
0.021: h=87kj/kg, v= 0.903 m3/kg at 25C
db, 16C wb: h= 45KJ/kg;
A.
B.
C.
D.

134.34 TR
119.45 TR
102.45 TR
98.34 TR

37. A 160 kw air conditioner has an initial

condition of 40C db and 60% RH and leaves
at 20C db and 20% RH. Find the volume of
air entering the conditioner. At 40C db and
60% RH: h= 112 KJ/kg, w=0.93m3/kg; at 20C
db and 20% RH: h=26 KJ/kg
A.
B.
C.
D.

3.22
2.62
2.12
1.73

m3/s
m3/s
m3/s
m3/s

38. Outside air in an air conditioning

unit has a mass of 50 kg at 45C is
mixed with re-circulated air at 30 kg at
26C, find the temperature after
mixing.
A. 35.23C
B. 32.23C
C. 37.87C
D. 40.40C

39. Twenty kilograms air enters the dryer at

25C db and 30% RH. Fifteen kg of re
circulated air from the dryer has a partial
pressure of water vapor of 10kpa. Find the
humidity ratio after mixing. At 25C db, 30%
RH: w=0.0059
A. 0.0325
B. 0.1930
C. 0.0653
D. 0.0842

40. Sixty kilogram of air with

enthalpy of 80 KJ/kg enthalpy.
Find the enthalpy of x air
before mixing.
A.
B.
C.
D.

23.23
17.45
43.75
55.01

KJ/kg
KJ/kg
KJ/kg
KJ/kg

41. An 80% efficient cooling tower has

water entering at 48C and wet bulb
temperature of air entering at 25C .
Find the water exit temperature of
water.
A.
B.
C.
D.

16.23C
29.60C
32.34C
23.44C

42. Water enters the cooling tower at 50C

and leaves at 28C while the heat rejected
to air is 100 KW. Find the capacity of the
pump needed to pump the water.
A.
B.
C.
D.

1.08
3.22
2.34
4.23

li/s
li/s
li/s
li/s

43. Air enter the tower at the rate of

50 kg/s. the air entrance enthalpy is 53
KJ/kg and exit enthalpy is 86 KJ/kg. find
the temperature range of the tower if
mass flow rate of water is 32 kg/s.
A.
B.
C.
D.

14.34C
16.34C
10.23C
12.31C

44. A 100 BHP diesel engine has a break

thermal efficiency of 35% and jacket water
loss of 30%. The engine is to be cooled by
means of a cooling tower having a range of
30C. find the mass of water leaving the
tower.
A. 5,238.45 kg/hr
B. 4,284.56 kg/hr
C. 1,832.24 kg/hr
D. 6,108.62 kg/hr

45. A 130 tons refrigeration system with COP of 4

has a condenser which is to be cooled by means of
a cooling tower. Air enters the tower at 25C db
and 50% RH and leaves at 35C db and 80% RH.
Find the volume of air needed m3/hr.
At 25C db and 50% RH: h=50KJ/kg, v= 0.86m3/kg.
At 35C and 80% RH: h=108
A.
B.
C.
D.

8.47m3/s
7.34m3/s
4.98m3/s
3.16m3/s

46. The evaporative condenser of an ammonia refrigeration

plant has a water flowrate of 130 kg/s and enters a natural
draft cooling tower at 43C. the water cooled to 30C by air
entering at 27C db 24C wet bulb. The air leaves the tower
as 90% RH and 32C db. Calculate the percent of make-up
water needed the tower.
At 27C db and 24C wb: h=72.5 KJ/kg, w=0.0178 At 90C db
and 32C db: h=102 KJ/kg, w=0.0275

A.
B.
C.
D.

2.34%
1.79%
3.12%
2.84%

47. A cooling tower cools water from

39C to 27 C at the rate of 20 kg/s. air
enters the tower at 22 C at the rate of
35 kg/s. find the temperature of air
A.
leaving the tower.
A. 50.71 C
B. 28.86 C
C. 45.23 C
D. 34.45 C

48. The sensible heat rate is

0.8, which of the following is
correct?

A. 20 latent and 80 sensible heat

B. 80 latent heat and 20 sensible heat
C. 80 sensible heat and 20 sensible heat and latent
heat
D. 20 latent heat and 80 sensible and latent heat
NO ANSWER

49. The amount of sensible

heating, the sensible heat
ratio of 0.80 and a total
cooling load of 100.:
A.
B.
C.
D.
NO

80
20
100
60
ANSWER

50. A coil has an inlet

temperature of 60 F and outlet
of 90 F. if the mean temperature
of coil is 110 F, find the bypass
factor of the coil.
A.
B.
C.
D.

0.4
2
1
3

51. A 4m x 4m x 4m room has a

relative humidity of 80%. The pressure
in the room is 120 kpa and
temperature is 35 C(Psat=5.628). What
is the mass of vapor in the
room(Rv=0.4615 Kpa-m3/kg=K).
A.
B.
C.
D.

2.03
1.50
0.80
4.80

52. The evaporative condenser of an ammonia refrigeration plant has a water

flowrate of 126 kg per second and enters a natural draft cooling tower at 40 C.
the water is cooled to 29 C by air entering at 38 C db and 24 C wb. The air
leaves the tower as saturated at 40 C db. Calculate the make-up water required
in kg per hour.
Water properties:
At 40 C, hf= 167.48 KJ/kg
At 29C, hg= 121.43 KJ/kg
Air properties:
At 38 C db and 24 C wb:
h=72.5 KJ/kg
w=0.013kg/kg
At 40 C db saturated:
h=166KJ/kg
w=0.0488kg/kg

A. 8977
B. 8699
C. 8055
D. 8388
NO ANSWER