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Prof Dr C V Reddy
CONTENTS
✓ What is PSYCHROMETRY?
✓ Properties of
PSYCHROMETRY
✓ PSYCHROMETRIC Processes
✓ PSYCHROMETRIC CHART
Psychrometry
50% RH 100% RH -
Saturated
Humidity Ratio
O Actual weight of
water in an air –
water vapour
mixture
O Amount of moisture
per unit of dry air
O Can be defined as,
W=m/G
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.
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.
THERMOMETERS
Dry Bulb
Measured in degrees
Fahrenheit (oC)
Wet Bulb
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 Humidity:
➢
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:
r = hc / ky cs
where:
✓ r= Psychrometric ratio, dimensionless
✓ hc = convective heat transfer coefficient, W m-2 K-1
✓ ky= convective mass transfer coefficient, kg m-2 s-1
✓ cs= humid heat, J kg-1 K-1
PSYCHROMETRIC PROCESSES
❑ SENSIBLE HEATING
❑ SENSIBLE COOLING
❑ DEHUMIDIFICATION
❑ HUMIDFIYING
❑ ADIABATIC COOLING
❑ ADIABATIC MIXING
(MOIST AIR & WATER VAPOR)
Psychrometric Processes or
Air conditioning Processes
1. 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.
Q
m m
1 2
t1 t2
h1 h2
Sensible heating
Q = mc p Δt
2. 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.
m m
1 2
t1 t2
h1 h2
Sensible Heat & Cooling Processes
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3. Cooling and Dehumidifying: It is the removal of heat
and moisture from moist air, it involves sensible and
latent heat transfer.
m m
1 2
t1 t2
h2
h1
m
w
hw
Psychrometry - Dehumidification
O Dehumidification by
cooling – in cooling
coils temp of air
reduces and the
saturation point (dew
point) is reached.
O Further cooling
results in reduction of
absolute humidity.
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Dehumidification by Cooling
4. Heating and Humidifying: It is the addition of heat
and moisture to moist air, it also involves sensible
and latent heat transfer.
Q
m m
1 2
t2
t1
h1 h2
m
w
hw
5. HUMIDIFYING : It is the addition of moisture to
moist air without the addition of heat.
m m
1 2
t1 t2
h1 h2
mw
hw
Removing Sensible Heat and
Moisture
Adiabatic or evaporative
cooling
➢ 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.
ADIABATIC MIXING OF
MOIST AIR & STREAM
O A psychrometric process
that invovles no net heat loss
or gain during the mixing of
two air streams.
Adiabatic mixing
O Governing equation
∑ mh + Q = ∑ mh
in out
Psychrometry – Climate Classification
O Climate
Classification
shows the various
approximate zones
of temperature and
humidity on the
psychrometric
chart.
29 KChatterjea, 2008
Breakdown of the Lines
Enthalpy Dry Relative
Blub Humidity
Dew Grains
Point of
Moisture
Specific
100% Volume Wet
Saturation Blub
Psychrometric chart
description
O Verticallines are dry-bulb temperature
O Horizontal lines are humidity ratio (right axis) or
dew point temp (left axis)
O Slanted lines are wet-bulb temp and enthalpy
O Specific volume are the “other” slanted lines
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