1.

An air (B) – water (A) sample has a dry bulb temperature of 50 0C and a wet bulb temperature of
35 0C. Estimate its properties at a total pressure of 1 atm. 1 atm = 1.0133 x 105 N/m2 Average
molecular weight of air = 28.84
2. Air is entering into a cooling tower with characteristics as follows:
Dry bulb temperature = 250C, Wet bulb temperature = 220C and Pressure = 1 atm. Find (i)
humidity, (ii) % humidity, % relative humidity, (iv) dew point and (v) enthalpy.
3. A mixture of nitrogen-acetone vapour at 800 mm Hg and 250C has percentage saturation of
80%. Calculate (i) absolute humidity (ii) partial pressure of acetone (iii) absolute molal humidity
and (iv) volume percent of acetone. Assume vapour pressure of acetone at 250C as 190 mm Hg.
4. Partial pressure of water vapour in a mixture of air-water vapour at a total pressure of 106.6
kPa. Express the concentration of water vapour in (i) absolute humidity (ii) mole fraction (iii)
volume fraction (iv) relative humidity and (v) g water/m3 mixture. Assume vapour pressure is
20.6 kPa at 600C.
5. Air is available at a DBT and WBT of 300C and 250C respectivel. Find its humidity, percentage
saturation, humidity volume, enthalpy and dew point.
6. Air-water vapour mixture has a DBT of 550C with humidity of 0.048 kmol water vapour/kmol dry
air 1 standard atmospheric pressure. Find absolute humidity, % humidity, humid volume, humid
heat and total enthalpy.
7. Air at 850C and absolute humidity og 0.03 kg water vapour/kg dry air at 1 standard atmosphere
is contacted with water at an adiabatic saturation temperature and it is thereby humidified and
cooled to 70% saturation. What are the final temperature and humidity of air?
8. Air at a temperature of 300C and a pressure of 100 kPa has a relative humidity of 80%.
(i) Calculate the molal humidity of air.
(ii) Calculate the molal humidity of this air if its temperature is rduce to 150C and its
pressure increased to 200 kPa, condensing out some of the water.
(iii) Calculate the weight of water condensed from 100 m3 of the original wet air in cooling
to 150C and compressing to 200 kPa.
(iv) Calculate the final volume of the wet air of part (iii).
9. An air-water vapour sample has a dry bulb temperature of 550C and an absolute humidity 0.030
kg water/kg dry air at 1 standard atm pressure. Using humidity chart, if vapour pressure of
water at 550C is 118 mm Hg, calculate the relative humidity, the humid volume in m3/kg dry air,
enthalpy in J/kg dry air and the heat required if 100 m3 of this air is heated to 110 0C.
10. A plant requires 2,000 kg/in of cooling water to flow through its distillation equipment
condensers. The water will leave the condensers at 500C. It is planned to design a
countercurrent cooling tower in order to cool this water to 300C to 500C for reuse, by contact
with air. Air is available at 300C dry bulb temperature and 240C wet bulb temperature. 30%
excess air will be use and the make-up water will enter at 150C. For the packing to be used, the
value of the mass transfer coefficient is expected to be 2500 kg/ (h) (m3) (^Y’), provided the
minimum liquid rate ad gas rates are 12000 and 10000 kg (h) (m2) respectively. Determine the
diameter of the cooling tower and makeup water to be used. (Fig. 5.10(a) page 106).
11. A cooling tower is used to cool 100,000 kg/h of water from 300C to 170C with air entering at 80C
and humidity of 0.004 kg/kg. Air leaves the tower at 190C at fully saturated condition. The cross-
sectional area of the tower is 14.4 m2. Calculate air velocity in kg/h. m2 and quantity of makeup
water needed.
12. A horizontal spray chamber with recirculated water is used for adiabatic. Humidification and
cooling of the air. The chamber has a cross-section of 2 m2 with air rate of 3.5 m3/s at dry bulb
temperature of 650C and absolute humidity of 0.017 kg water/kg dry air, the air is cooled and
humidified to dry bulb temperature of 340C and leaves at 90% saturation. For the system the
volumetric mass transfer coefficient may be taken as 1.12 kg/m3 s (mole fraction). The density of
the air is 1.113 kg /m3. Determine the length of the chamber for the requirements. (Fig. 5.11
page 110)
13. Atmospheric air at 400C with 90% saturation is cooled and separated out the condensed water.
Then it is reheated in a heat exchanger for conditioning at 250C with 40% saturation using steam
at 1 atm pressure. This conditioned air is supplied to a conference room of size 5 x 25 x 6 m
without any facility for recirculation. Determine the temperature at which it is cooled and the
volume of outside air at entry condition.