EBK THERMODYNAMICS: AN ENGINEERING APPR
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Chapter 14.7, Problem 5P
Is it possible to obtain saturated air from unsaturated air without adding any moisture? Explain.
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Ch. 14.7 - What is the difference between dry air and...Ch. 14.7 - What is the difference between the specific...Ch. 14.7 - Can the water vapor in air be treated as an ideal...Ch. 14.7 - Is the relative humidity of saturated air...Ch. 14.7 - Is it possible to obtain saturated air from...Ch. 14.7 - Moist air is passed through a cooling section...Ch. 14.7 - How will (a) the specific humidity and (b) the...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 8PCh. 14.7 - Consider a tank that contains moist air at 3 atm...Ch. 14.7 - Why are the chilled water lines always wrapped...
Ch. 14.7 - A tank contains 15 kg of dry air and 0.17 kg of...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 12PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 13PCh. 14.7 - 14–13 A room contains air at 20°C and 98 kPa at a...Ch. 14.7 - A room contains air at 85F and 13.5 psia at a...Ch. 14.7 - An 8-m3 tank contains saturated air at 30C, 105...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 17PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 18PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 19PCh. 14.7 - Andy and Wendy both wear glasses. On a cold winter...Ch. 14.7 - In summer, the outer surface of a glass filled...Ch. 14.7 - In some climates, cleaning the ice off the...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 23PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 24PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 25PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 26PCh. 14.7 - A thirsty woman opens the refrigerator and picks...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 28PCh. 14.7 - The air in a room has a dry-bulb temperature of...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 31PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 32PCh. 14.7 - How do constant-enthalpy and...Ch. 14.7 - At what states on the psychrometric chart are the...Ch. 14.7 - How is the dew-point temperature at a specified...Ch. 14.7 - Can the enthalpy values determined from a...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 37PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 39PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 41PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 42PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 43PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 44PCh. 14.7 - What does a modern air-conditioning system do...Ch. 14.7 - How does the human body respond to (a) hot...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 47PCh. 14.7 - How does the air motion in the vicinity of the...Ch. 14.7 - Consider a tennis match in cold weather where both...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 50PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 51PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 52PCh. 14.7 - What is metabolism? What is the range of metabolic...Ch. 14.7 - What is sensible heat? How is the sensible heat...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 55PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 56PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 57PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 58PCh. 14.7 - Repeat Prob. 1459 for an infiltration rate of 1.8...Ch. 14.7 - An average person produces 0.25 kg of moisture...Ch. 14.7 - An average (1.82 kg or 4.0 lbm) chicken has a...Ch. 14.7 - How do relative and specific humidities change...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 63PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 64PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 65PCh. 14.7 - Humid air at 40 psia, 50F, and 90 percent relative...Ch. 14.7 - Air enters a 30-cm-diameter cooling section at 1...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 68PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 69PCh. 14.7 - Why is heated air sometimes humidified?Ch. 14.7 - Air at 1 atm, 15C, and 60 percent relative...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 72PCh. 14.7 - An air-conditioning system operates at a total...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 74PCh. 14.7 - Why is cooled air sometimes reheated in summer...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 76PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 77PCh. 14.7 - Air enters a 40-cm-diameter cooling section at 1...Ch. 14.7 - Repeat Prob. 1479 for a total pressure of 88 kPa...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 81PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 83PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 84PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 85PCh. 14.7 - Atmospheric air at 1 atm, 32C, and 95 percent...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 88PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 89PCh. 14.7 - Does an evaporation process have to involve heat...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 93PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 94PCh. 14.7 - Air at 1 atm, 20C, and 70 percent relative...Ch. 14.7 - Two unsaturated airstreams are mixed...Ch. 14.7 - Consider the adiabatic mixing of two airstreams....Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 98PCh. 14.7 - Two airstreams are mixed steadily and...Ch. 14.7 - A stream of warm air with a dry-bulb temperature...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 104PCh. 14.7 - How does a natural-draft wet cooling tower work?Ch. 14.7 - What is a spray pond? How does its performance...Ch. 14.7 - The cooling water from the condenser of a power...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 108PCh. 14.7 - A wet cooling tower is to cool 60 kg/s of water...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 110PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 111PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 112PCh. 14.7 - Prob. 113RPCh. 14.7 - Prob. 114RPCh. 14.7 - Prob. 115RPCh. 14.7 - Prob. 116RPCh. 14.7 - Prob. 117RPCh. 14.7 - Prob. 118RPCh. 14.7 - Prob. 119RPCh. 14.7 - Prob. 120RPCh. 14.7 - 14–121 The relative humidity inside dacha of Prob....Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 122RPCh. 14.7 - Prob. 124RPCh. 14.7 - 14–126E Air at 15 psia, 60°F, and 70 percent...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 127RPCh. 14.7 - Air enters a cooling section at 97 kPa, 35C, and...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 129RPCh. 14.7 - Humid air at 101.3 kPa, 36C dry bulb and 65...Ch. 14.7 - 14–131 Air enters an air-conditioning system that...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 132RPCh. 14.7 - Prob. 133RPCh. 14.7 - Conditioned air at 13C and 90 percent relative...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 138RPCh. 14.7 - A room is filled with saturated moist air at 25C...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 141FEPCh. 14.7 - A 40-m3 room contains air at 30C and a total...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 143FEPCh. 14.7 - The air in a house is at 25C and 65 percent...Ch. 14.7 - On the psychrometric chart, a cooling and...Ch. 14.7 - On the psychrometric chart, a heating and...Ch. 14.7 - An airstream at a specified temperature and...Ch. 14.7 - Prob. 148FEPCh. 14.7 - Air at a total pressure of 90 kPa, 15C, and 75...
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