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14-85 Air is first cooled, then dehumidified, and finally heated. The temperature of air before it enters the heating section,
the amount of heat removed in the cooling section, and the amount of heat supplied in the heating section are to be
determined.
Assumptions 1 This is a steady-flow process and thus the mass flow rate of dry air remains constant during the entire
process ( 1 2 ) . 2 Dry air and water vapor are ideal gases. 3 The kinetic and potential energy changes are
negligible.
Analysis (a) The amount of moisture in the air decreases due to dehumidification ( 3 < 1), and remains constant during
heating ( 3 = 2). The inlet and the exit states of the air are completely specified, and the total pressure is 1 atm. The
intermediate state (state 2) is also known since 2 = 100% and 2 = 3. Therefore, we can determine the properties of the
air at all three states from the psychrometric chart (Fig. A-31) to be
h1 95.2 kJ / kg dry air
0.0238 kg H 2 O / kg dry air Cooling Heating
1
section section
and
h3 431
. kJ / kg dry air T1 = 34 C T2 T3 = 22 C
1 = 70%
1 atm 3 = 50%
3 0.0082 kg H 2 O / kg dry air ( 2) AIR
Also, 1 2 3
hw h f @10 C 42.02 kJ/kg (Table A - 4) w 10 C
h2 31.8 kJ/kg dry air
T2 11.1 C

(b) The amount of heat removed in the cooling section is determined from the energy balance equation applied to the
cooling section,
0 (steady)
E in E out E system 0
E in E out
mi hi me he Qout,cooling
Qout,cooling ma1h1 (ma 2 h2 mw hw ) ma (h1 h2 ) mw hw

or, per unit mass of dry air,

q out,cooling (h1 h2 ) ( 1 2 )h w

(95.2 31.8) (0.0238 0.0082)42.02

62.7 kJ/kg dry air

(c) The amount of heat supplied in the heating section per unit mass of dry air is

n,heatin 3 2 431
. 31.8 11.3 kJ / kg dry air

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