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CHAPTER 3
1946' Guide
LETTER SYMBOLS (Continued)
m = weight of dry air crossing any duct section, pounds per minute.
fnit mi = weights of dry air convected across sectiohs Fi, Ft,' Ft respectively, . pounds per minute:
M = weight of dry air withdrawn with inside air, pounds per hour.
a = mols of dry air.
Hw = mols of water vapor.,
p = total pressure of a mixture of air and water vapor, pounds per square inch or inches Hg.
pa = partial pressure of air, pounds per square inch or inches Hg.
Ps = saturation pressure of pure water vapor, pounds per square inch or
inches Hg.
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Pw =-partial pressure of water vapor in mixture of air arid water vapor, * pounds per square inch or inches Hg.
P = atmospheric pressure, inches Hg. P0 = standard atmospheric pressure by definition 29.921 in. Hg.
PE = potential energy, Btu.per pound dry air.
PE average potential energy, 6tu per pound dry air.
q = ratio of energy added (or removed) to water added (or removed), Btu per pound. Also called specific enthalpy of water added.
\qt = heat added between sections 1 and 2, Btu per pound dry air.-
AqB = heat added between sections A' arid B per pourid of dry air, Btu per
pound.
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kQb = total heat added between sections A and B, Btu per minute.
&Q = energy to be removed from or added to conditioned space, Btu per hour.
R = universal gas constant.
Ra = gas constant for dry air. Rw, = gas constant for water vapor.
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j t= entropy of moist air per pound of dry air, Btu per (pound) (Fahrenheit degree). , .
5 = correction to be added to entropy of moist air obtained from Equation 6.
I = additional correction to be, added to entropy because of "mixing ' entropy" (obtained'from Table 3). Correction to be added to value of
s obtained from Equation 6,
~..$a =< specific entropy of-dry air, Btu per-(pound) (Fahrenheit degree, ab
solute).
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^ = the difference between the entropy oCmoist air at saturation per pound , of dry air, and the specific entropy of the'dry.air itself, Btu.per (pound
of dry air) (Fahrenheit degree, absolute).
: j8 = entropy of moist air at saturation per..pound of dry air, Btu per (pound of dry air) (Fahrenheit degree, absolute).
sw- = specific entropy of condensed water (liquid or solid) at standard* atmos pheric pressure, Btu per (pound of water) (Fahrenheit degree, absolute).
I* = thermodynamic wet-bulb temperature, Fahrenheit degrees.
*(F) = temperature, Fahrenheit degrees. r = absolute temperature, Fahrenheit degrees.
T0 = standard atmospheric temperature, by definition. 288 Kelvin degrees.
v = volume of moist air per pound of dry air, cubic feet per pound.
v = correction to be added to volume of moist air per pound of dry air, t above 150 F.,
na =. specific volume,of dry air, cubic feet per pound.
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/ LETTER SYMBOLS (Continued)
Pas ---Ps -- Pa> the difference between volume of moist: air at 'saturation,' per
pound of dry air, and the volume of the dry air itself, cubic feet per pound of dry air.
Vs = volume of moist air at saturation per pound of dry airj- cubic feet per
. pound of dry air..
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vr = total volume, cubic feet.
V -- velocity, feet per minute.
V = average velocity, feet per minute.
. W = humidity ratio, of moist air, pounds of water.per pound of dry-air. /
A IF = water to be removed from (or added to) conditioned space, pounds
per hour, r
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Ws -- humidity ratio, at saturation, weight of water vapor per pound of dry
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air, pound per pound.
Ws* = humidity ratio corresponding to thermodynamic'wet-bulb temperature t*, pounds of water per pound of.dry air. ;
Z = elevation above any datum,, feet.
Z = average elevation, feet.
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REFERENCES
. i-Thermodynamlc Properties of Moist Air, by J. A...Goff and S. Gratch (A.S.H.V.E. Journal Section, Heating. Piping and Air Conditioning, June 1945. p. 334).
2--Low Pressure Properties of Water in the Range. --160 to 212 F. by J. A. Goff and S. Gratch (A.S.H.V.E. Journal Section, Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning, February 1946).
2--Thermodynamic Properties of Steam, by J. H. Keenan and F. G. Keyes (John Wiley and Sons. Inc.. New York. 1936).
*--Das i. x-Diagramm fur Dampfluftgemische, by R. Mollier (ZVDI, 1929). 5_The Theory of the Psychrometer, by' J. H. Arnold (Physics, Vol, 4. 1933).
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6-Rational Psychrometric Formulae, by W. H. Carrier (A.S.M.F.. Transactions, Vol. 33, 1911, p. 1005). i--National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.1 Technical Report No. 538, 1935. .