
The enthalpy flow, H, is the product of mass airflow rate and specific
enthalpy, h:
H ¼ Qh ð5:5Þ
where is the density of air.
At ambient temperature, a numerical expression of Equation 5.3 for air is:
h ¼ 1004:5 þ xð2;500;000 þ 1858:4Þð5:6Þ
where:
is the air temperature,
x is the humidity ratio, that is the mass of water vapour per kg dry air.
The humidity ratio can be calculated from water vapour partial pressure, p, and
atmospheric pressure, p
a
:
x ¼
0:62198p
p
a
p
ð5:7Þ
The water vapour partial pressure is calculated from relative humidity, ’ by:
p ¼ ’p
s
ð5:8Þ
where p
s
is the water vapour pressur e at saturation, which depends on the
temperature:
if <0 p
s
¼ 610:5 exp
22:5
273 þ
ð5:9Þ
if >0 p
s
¼ 610:5 exp
17:27
237:3 þ
ð5:10Þ
The humidity ratio can also be derived from mass concentration of water, C
w
,
or volume concentration, c
w
:
x ¼
C
w
1 C
w
¼
c
w
1 c
w
ð5:11Þ
Also interesting, and much simpler to assess, is the efficiency or effectiveness, or
temperature efficiency of the heat exchanger, which reveals how well a heat
exchanger performs. This efficiency is simply calculated from temperature
measurements in both circuits of the heat exchanger:
Hot side: "
;h
¼
hot; in
hot; out
hot; in
cold; in
ð5:12Þ
Cold side: "
;c
¼
cold; out
cold; in
hot; in
cold; in
ð5:13Þ
When the mass flows multiplied by the specific heats are equal on both sides the
efficiency will also be equal.
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