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Cooling and dehumidifying coil load
Short answer
With apparatus dew point 8 °C and bypass factor 0.25, leaving air is at 13.5 °C, 0.00900 kg/kg, ~93% RH. Total cooling load 79.2 kW (22.5 TR), sensible 38.8 kW, latent 40.4 kW; SHF 0.49; condensate 57.6 kg/h.
Air at 30 °C and 60% RH flows at 120 m³/min through a cooling coil with an apparatus dew point of 8 °C and a bypass factor of 0.25. Determine (a) the condition of air leaving the coil, (b) the total, sensible and latent cooling loads in kW and TR, (c) the sensible heat factor, and (d) the rate of condensate removal. Take kPa, 1 TR = 3.517 kW.
Entering air state 1 (30 °C, 60 %)
kPa, kPa.
ADP state A (8 °C, saturated)
kPa, so kg/kg and kJ/kg.
(a) Leaving state 2
Relative humidity of the leaving air: kPa and kPa, so (about 93 %).
(b) Loads
Intermediate state at (, ): kJ/kg.
(The enthalpy carried away by the condensate, under 1 kW, is small and neglected.)
(c) Sensible heat factor
(d) Condensate
Answer: (a) 13.5 °C, = 0.00900 kg/kg, RH about 93 %; (b) total 79.2 kW (22.5 TR), sensible 38.8 kW, latent 40.4 kW; (c) SHF = 0.49; (d) 57.6 kg/h.
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