Question

2. One of the many methods used for drying air is to cool the air below the dew point so that condensation or freezing of the moisture takes place. To what temperature must atmospheric air be cooled in order to have humidity ratio of 0.005 lb/lb?

Answer 1

0.5°c

Step-by-step explanation:

Humidity ratio by mass can be expressed as

the ratio between the actual mass of water vapor present in moist air - to the mass of the dry air

Humidity ratio is normally expressed in kilograms (or pounds) of water vapor per kilogram (or pound) of dry air.

Humidity ratio expressed by mass:

x = mw / ma (1)

where

x = humidity ratio (kgwater/kgdry_air, lbwater/lbdry_air)

mw = mass of water vapor (kg, lb)

ma = mass of dry air (kg, lb)

It can be as:

x = 0.005 (100) / [(100 - 100)]

x = 0.005 x 100 / (100 - 100)

x = 0.005 x 100 / 0

x = 0.5°c

So the temperature to which atmospheric air must be cooled in order to have humidity ratio of 0.005 lb/lb is 0.5°c