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Babylon University
College of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
LECTURE-2
9. Enthalpy of Moist Air (Total Heat): The enthalpy of moist air is numerically equal to the enthalpy of dry air plus
the enthalpy of water vapour associated with dry air.
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Where:cpa= specific heat of dry air which is normally taken 1.005kj/kg.K
Where: cps=specific heat of superheated water vapour which is normally taken as 1.9
kJ/kg.K.
td-tdp=Degree of superheat of water vapour.
Where:
hfgd = specific enthalpy of saturated water vapor
cpv= specific heat of vapour = 1. 84 kj/kg.K
In a temperature range of 0 to 60 oC, its value can be taken as 1.84 kJ/kg.K.
Then the total enthalpy of moist air can be evaluated as:
= +
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10. Dry Bulb Temperature: It is the temperature of air recorded by a thermometer, when it's not affected
by the moister present in the air. The dry bulb temperature is generally denoted by
td.
11. Wet Bulb Temperature: It is the temperature of air recorded by a thermometer, when its bulb is
surrounded by a wet cloth exposed to the air. The wet bulb temperature is generally
denoted by tw.
A sling-type psychrometer, as shown in Figure (1), is an instrument that determines
the temperature, relative humidity, and thus the state of the moist air by measuring its dry
bulb and wet bulb temperatures. It consists of two mercury-in-glass thermometers. The
sensing bulb of one of them is dry and is called the dry bulb.
As there is no heat transfer between this insulated chamber and the surroundings, the
latent heat required for the evaporation of water will come from the sensible heat
released by the moist air. This process results in a drop in temperature of the moist air.
At the end of this evaporation process, the moist air is always saturated. Such a process
is called an ideal adiabatic saturation process, where an adiabatic process is defined as
a process without heat transfer to or from the process.
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Also
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for tw0
A=5.9410-4
for tw0