Cold air at 40 OF, 760 mm Hg pressure, and 80 % relative humidity is conditioned by being passed through a bank of heating coils, then through a water spray, and finally through a second set of heating coils. In passing through the first coil bank, the air is heated to 80 OF. The temperature of the water supplied to the spray chamber is adjusted to the wet-bulb temperature of the air admitted to the chamber, so that the humidifying unit may be assumed to operate adiabatically. It is required that the air emerging from the conditioning unit be a 70 OF and 35 % relative humidity. What is the mass of water evaporated (lbm) per cubic foot of air fed to the conditioning unit?

Amass of m 1.5 kg of steam is contained in a closed rigid container. initially the pressure and temperature of the steam are: p 1.5 mpa and t 240°c (superheated state), respectively. then the temperature drops to t2= 100°c as the result of heat transfer to the surroundings. determine: a) quality of the steam at the end of the process, b) heat transfer with the surroundings. for: p1.5 mpa and t 240°c: enthalpy of superheated vapour is 2900 kj/kg, specific volume of superheated vapour is 0. 1483 m/kg, while for t 100°c: enthalpy of saturated liquid water is 419kj/kg, specific volume of saturated liquid water is 0.001043m/kg, enthalpy of saturated vapour is 2676 kj/kg, specific volume of saturated vapour is 1.672 m/kg and pressure is 0.1 mpa.

The temperature of air decreases as it is compressed by an adiabatic compressor. a)- true b)- false

Refrigerant 134a enters an insulated compressor operating at steady state as saturated vapor at -26°c with a volumetric flow rate of 0.18 m3/s. refrigerant exits at 9 bar, 70°c. changes in kinetic and potential energy from inlet to exit can be ignored. determine the volumetric flow rate at the exit, in m3/s, and the compressor power, in kw.