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Cooling Tower Psych Ro Metric Chart

1) This document provides instructions for reading a humidity chart and constructing an operating diagram for a cooling tower. 2) It explains how to find key data points on the chart including the initial air temperature and humidity, dew point, adiabatic saturated temperature and humidity, and enthalpies. 3) The operating diagram plots the cooling tower process, showing the initial and final liquid temperatures and enthalpies of the air-water mixture.

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114 views8 pages

Cooling Tower Psych Ro Metric Chart

1) This document provides instructions for reading a humidity chart and constructing an operating diagram for a cooling tower. 2) It explains how to find key data points on the chart including the initial air temperature and humidity, dew point, adiabatic saturated temperature and humidity, and enthalpies. 3) The operating diagram plots the cooling tower process, showing the initial and final liquid temperatures and enthalpies of the air-water mixture.

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How to read the Humidity chart & do

the operating diagram for Cooling


tower of Air-Water at 1 atm.

Assume you have air of a definite


air-water mixture at dry bulb
temp T1 and wet bulb temp Tw1

w1

1. Find point (a) which represents this air on the chart

(a
)

T1

2. The moisture content of this air Y1 is given by point (b) kg of water


vapor/kg dry air

(a
)

T
1

(b
Y1
)

(e
)
1

3. The Dew point of this air is given by point (d) to which this air
should cool down at constant Humidity

(c)

(d)

(a
)

T
1

(b
Y1
)

Note: for air water system the wet bulb Tw1 apparently resembles the
adiabatic saturation temp. Ts

(e

Cs (T-Ts) +Ys = Yss

The Adiabatic Saturated Temp Ts and and Saturated humidity Ys of this


air is given by points (f&g) . To find these points :
start from point (a) follow the adiabatic cooling line to 100% line on
point (e), then read Ts at point (g) and Ys at point (f)

(a
)

(c)

(d)

(g T
) s

T
1

(f
Ys
)
(b
Y1
)

To find Enthalpies h1 of air of point (a) coordinate, follow the enthalpy line
through point (a) to its intersection (k) with enthalpy scale line.

(k)

h1

(a
)

T1

h*

(m

Equilibrium curve: is a plot of h*vs. TL


find Enthalpy h* of a saturated vapor - air mixture in equilibrium with the liquid bulk, j/kg
dray air at liquid temp, follow the temp line to its intersection with 100% line and the read
h* on enthalpy scale line which given by point m.

(k)

(a
)

T1

TL1

Operating diagram
Air-Water at 1 atm
This fig. contains the saturated enthalpy carve, and on this plot is point
(A) representing the conditions at the bottom of the tower (T L1 & h1). Point
(B) represents the conditions at the top of the tower (T L2 & h2). m.G & m.L
are the mass follow rates of gas and liquid (H 1 &H2 are water enthalpies)

Enthalpy of air water vapor J/kg


dry air

H2
h2

Equilibrium
Curve
h* (Satd air) vs
TL

H1
Slope =(m.L/m.G)CL

h1
B
TL1

TL2
Water
Temperature

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