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    Adiabatic Mixing

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    This document discusses adiabatic mixing of airstreams and using the psychrometric chart. It explains that air is mixed to keep it fresh in large buildings, production plants, and hospitals by blending fresh outside air with recycled cooled or heated air. When air gets mixed, its properties like specific humidity, relative humidity, mass, and energy change adiabatically with no work done or changes in potential or kinetic energy. These changes can be seen on the psychrometric chart. Mixing air streams may result in condensation if one of the states ends up on the saturation line after blending.

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    This document discusses adiabatic mixing of airstreams and using the psychrometric chart. It explains that air is mixed to keep it fresh in large buildings, production plants, and hospitals by blending fresh outside air with recycled cooled or heated air. When air gets mixed, its properties like specific humidity, relative humidity, mass, and energy change adiabatically with no work done or changes in potential or kinetic energy. These changes can be seen on the psychrometric chart. Mixing air streams may result in condensation if one of the states ends up on the saturation line after blending.

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    This document discusses adiabatic mixing of airstreams and using the psychrometric chart. It explains that air is mixed to keep it fresh in large buildings, production plants, and hospitals by blending fresh outside air with recycled cooled or heated air. When air gets mixed, its properties like specific humidity, relative humidity, mass, and energy change adiabatically with no work done or changes in potential or kinetic energy. These changes can be seen on the psychrometric chart. Mixing air streams may result in condensation if one of the states ends up on the saturation line after blending.

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    345 views33 pages

    Adiabatic Mixing

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    Surya Kiran K
    This document discusses adiabatic mixing of airstreams and using the psychrometric chart. It explains that air is mixed to keep it fresh in large buildings, production plants, and hospitals by blending fresh outside air with recycled cooled or heated air. When air gets mixed, its properties like specific humidity, relative humidity, mass, and energy change adiabatically with no work done or changes in potential or kinetic energy. These changes can be seen on the psychrometric chart. Mixing air streams may result in condensation if one of the states ends up on the saturation line after blending.

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    Adiabatic Mixing of

    Airstreams
    And using the
    psychrometric chart
    Why mix?
    Air needs to be mixed to keep it
    fresh

    Fresh air is mixed with recycled


    cooled or heated air

    More efficient than heating or


    cooling all new air
    Where?
    Large buildings

    Production and process plants

    Hospitals
    Conditioned air is mixed with
    outside air.
    Properties of air mixing
    Adiabatic

    No work done

    No change in PE

    No change in KE
    Symbols to know




    = Specific humidity

    = kg water vapor
    kg dry air

    is the specific or
    absolute humidity

    = mv/ma
    (kg water vapor/kg dry air)

    = 0.622*Pv/(P-Pv)

    = Relative humidity

    =kg water vapor


    max amount it can hold
    Mass and energy balance
    ma1/ma2 = (23)/(31)

    ma1/ma2 =(h2-h3)/(h3-h1)
    The psychrometric chart
    Using the psychrometric
    chart
    Interesting case
    When states are close to
    saturation line
    The line crosses the
    saturation line
    The third state is to the left
    of the saturation line.
    What will happen?
    Condensation!!
    Summary
    When air gets mixed its
    properties change

    Thesechanges can be seen


    on the psychrometric chart
    Questons?

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