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Q.9 The following data refers to an air conditioning plant used for retail shop

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Q.9 The following data refers to an air conditioning plant used for retail shop located in a city: [14 pts RSH gain 310 kW RLH gain 100 kW Room DBT-25 °C Room RH 50% Outdoor Air DBT-38°C Outdoor air RH-50 % ADP-9 °? The amount of returned air is 90% of the total air supplied to the room. The air supplied to the space is at temperature 18 °C. The plant layout is shown in figure below. air space coil 1. Calculate RSHF 2, Determine hand vs if DBT;-26.3°C 3. Calculate the mass flow rate of air supplied to space in kg/s 4. Calculate the BPF Page |4 of 20 O Faculty of Engineering Technology and Science

Explanation / Answer

Q9:

(a) RSHF = RSH / (RSH + RLH) = 310 / (310 + 100 )   = 0.756

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(b)

let m = mass flow rate , h specific enthalpy, v = specific humidity

DBT1 = 38oC , RH1 = 50 % ,

therefore , specific enthalpy = h1 = 92.32 kJ/kg , v1 = 0.0211 kg/kg

DBT2 = 25oC, RH2= 50 % ,

therefore Specific enthalpy = h2 = 50.31 , v3 = 0.0099 kg /kg

according to question : m2 = 0.9 * m3 ; m1 = 0.1 * m3

according to energy conservation : h3 = 0.9 * h2+ 0.1 * h1

                                                          h1 = 0.9 * 50.31 + 0.1 * 92. 32 = 54.11 kJ /kg

similarly by conservation of mass : v3 = 0.9 * v2 + 0.1 * v1

                                                           v3 = 0.9 * 0. 0099 + 0.1* 0. 0211 = 0. 01102 kg /kg

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(c)

mass flow rate of air supplied = m4 = RSH / [(1.005 + 1.88 *v4 ) * ( DBT2 - DBT4)]

                                                    m4 = 310 / [(1.005 + 1.88 *v4 ) * ( 25 - 18)] ..................(1)

specific humidity = v4 = v2 - [ RLH / ( m4 * latent heat of vapourisation )

                                v4 = 0.0099 - [ 100 / ( m4 * 2500 ) ....................................................(2)

putting the value of v4 in equation 1 from the equation 2 and solving it.

mass flow rate of air supplied = m4 = 43.33 kg/sec

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(d)

Bypass factor = (DBT4 - ADP) / (DBT2 - ADP) = (18 - 9 ) / (25 - 9 ) = 0.5625