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A C M V
PSYCHROMETRY
Part 2

BASIC MOIST AIR PROCESSES

COOLING

COOLING & DEHUMIDIFICATION

ADIABATIC AIR MIXING

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COOLING

COOLING OF MOIST AIR

Without loss or gain of moisture,

cooling is represented by a horizontal
line on the psychrometric chart.

Ditto with
heating.

COOLING

COOLING

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WHICH COOLING COIL?

Air-Cooled System Condensing Unit (Outdoor)

Vapor Compression Cycle

Compressor

Refrigerants in pipe

Evaporator Unit

Air Cooler Air

WHICH COOLING COIL?

Water-Cooled System

To/From Chillers and Pumps

ChWS ChWR

Chilled Water in pipe

Cooling Coil in AHU or FCU

Air Cooler Air

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COOLING

COOLING OF MOIST AIR

Cooling of Moist Air

In usual cases in Malaysia (RH: 70-90%),

seldom can get cooling without condensation.

It occurs because the cooling coil temperature

is below the dew point temperature

COOLING

COOLING OF MOIST AIR

Relative Humidity (%) For Meteorological Stations in

Malaysia For : Thursday, 30 September 2010
Station ID Station 08:00 09:00
48603 ALOR SETAR 92.0 90.0
48642 BATU EMBUN 96.0 88.0
48670 BATU PAHAT 91.0 83.0
48601 BAYAN LEPAS 90.0 82.0
96441 BINTULU 93.0 91.0
48602 BUTTERWORTH 94.0 89.0
48632 CAMERON HIGHLANDS 96.0 97.0
48604 CHUPING 95.0 92.0
48617 GONG KEDAK 94.0 90.0
48625 IPOH 89.0 88.0
96420 KAPIT 92.0 86.0
96467 KENINGAU 91.0 87.0
48672 KLUANG 97.0 91.0
48615 KOTA BHARU 85.0 78.0
96471 KOTA KINABALU 88.0 81.0
http://www.met.gov.my

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COOLING

COOLING OF MOIST AIR

Energy Balance:

m& a h2 + Q& = m& a h1

Enthalpy
h1 = ha1 + hv1
(per unit mass of dry air)

COOLING

COOLING OF MOIST AIR

Equation for Cooling:

Q& = m& a (h2 h1 )

OR
Q& = m& a C p (T2 T1 )
Cp = Cpa + Cpv = 0.245 Btu/(Ibma.F)

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COOLING
&
DEHUMIDIFYING

COOLING & DEHUMIDIFYING

Cooling and Dehumidifying

Moist air that passes through a cooled

surface that is below the dew point
temperature will have condensation.

Normally occurs in Air Handling Units

(AHU), when air passes through the
cooling coil.

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COOLING & DEHUMIDIFYING

Cooling & Dehumidifying

Cooling & Dehumidifying

1
3: dehumidification. 3
2: cooling

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COOLING & DEHUMIDIFYING

Energy Balance:

m& a ,1h1 = Q& + m& a , 2 h2 + m& w hw

Mass Balance

m& a ,11 = m& w + m& a , 2 2

Heat Transfer Equation:

Q& = m& a (h1 h2 ) m& a (1 2 ) hw

COOLING & DEHUMIDIFYING

Cooling and dehumidifying involve:

latent heat transfer
& & &
sensible heat transfer Q = Qs + Ql

In cooling and dehumidifying:

Latent heat transfer rate is related to
the decrease in humidity ratio.
Sensible heat transfer rate is related to
decrease in dry bulb temperature

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COOLING & DEHUMIDIFYING

Sensible Heat:

Q& s = m& a C p (T1 T2 )

Latent Heat

Q& l = m& a (1 2 )h fg

COOLING & DEHUMIDIFYING

With respect to psychrometric chart:

Latent Heat Q& s = m& a (h1 h3 )

Sensible Heat Q& l = m& a (h3 h2 )

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COOLING & DEHUMIDIFYING

SENSIBLE HEAT FACTOR

Own
Q& s Reading
SHF = & refer to the protractor
Q
Sign convention:
Heat transfer from the air is negative.
Heat transfer to the air is positive

SENSIBLE HEAT FACTOROwn

Reading
Cooling and dehumidifying means both
sensible and latent heat transfer are
away from the air, thus both are
negatives, and SHF becomes positive

When air is being cooled sensibly, but

large latent heat is gained, SHF will be
negative if the magnitude of ql is larger
than qs.

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