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Air enters an air conditioning unit at 32oC, 80% relative humidity, and with a mass flowrate...

Air enters an air conditioning unit at 32oC, 80% relative humidity, and with a mass flowrate of 12 kg/min. It is to be conditioned to 25oC and 50% relative humidity. In order to do this, part of the moisture in the air must be removed as condensate at 30oC. Be able to draw the path that the atmospheric air takes on the psychrometric chart. Find

a. The rate of moisture removal from the air, mw 

b. The rate of heat removal from the air, in kW

c. The temperature to which the incoming humid air must be cooled to achieve the desired rate of condensation

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