// Theory and Problems of Thermodynamics // Chapter 9 // Air_water Vapor Mixtures // Example 12 clear ;clc; //Given data RH1 = 0.3 // relative humidity of summer day atmospheric air T1 = 313.15 // Temperature of air in summer day in K V = 3 // evaporative cooler rate in m^3/s t = 10 // cooler operation time in hours M = 28.97 // molecular weight of air R = 8.314 // gas constant // data from psychometric chart for T = 40`C and RH = 0.3 SH1 = 0.0135 // in kg H2O/kg air pw1 = 2.05 // in kPa // Follow the constant wet bulb temperature line(23`C) from that point // till it intersects with RH = 0.8 SH2 = 0.0184 // in kg H2O/kg air T2 = 27.3 // in degree C ma = (101.325-pw1)*1e3*V*M/(R*1e3*T1) mw = ma*(SH2-SH1) q_wat = mw*3600*10 // quantity of water required for 10 hours in kg // Output Results mprintf('The temperature of the air leaving the cooler = %4.1f degree C' , T2); mprintf('\n The specific humidity of air leaving cooler = %4.4f kg H2O/kg air' , SH2); mprintf('\n Quantity of water required to operate cooler for 10 hours = %4.1f kg',q_wat);