- Practice · 6 marks
Adiabatic mixing of two air streams
Short answer
From volumetric flows and specific volumes, dry air mass flows are 0.4604 kg/s and 1.4570 kg/s. Mass-weighted averages give humidity 0.0115 kg/kg, enthalpy 57.7 kJ/kg; solving for temperature yields 28.1 °C, with relative humidity about 48%.
1500 m³/h of fresh air at 38 °C and 40% relative humidity is mixed with 4500 m³/h of recirculated room air at 25 °C and 50% relative humidity. Calculate the dry bulb temperature, specific humidity, enthalpy and relative humidity of the mixture. Take kPa; saturation pressures are 6.624 kPa at 38 °C and 3.169 kPa at 25 °C.
State of each stream
| Stream | (°C) | (kg/kg) | (m³/kg) | (kJ/kg) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh (f) | 38 | 0.40 | 0.01670 | 0.9050 | 81.15 |
| Recirculated (r) | 25 | 0.50 | 0.00988 | 0.8579 | 50.30 |
(using , and .)
Mass flow of dry air
Mixture (mass and energy balances)
Dry bulb temperature from :
(The mass-weighted average temperature, 28.1 °C, agrees closely.) The vapour pressure is kPa and the saturation pressure at is about 3.80 kPa, so .
Answer: °C; kg/kg; kJ/kg; RH about 48 %.
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