Paint Room Dehumidification
Paint Room Dehumidification
(OP)
I am trying to determine the load on a system where 100% outside air is required. I also want to use as small of system as possible. My thought is to use bypass air to enable the reduction of humidity, which is the important factor, while reducing dry bulb temperature a small amount. I have Entering air of 95 F DB / 86.5 WB. I need the mixed air to be at 85 F DB / 72 F WB. The Total Air Volume is 60,000 CFM. I am trying to determine the following:
% of air to be by passed
Required leaving air DB / WB from the air going thru the coil to yield target mixed air conditions
BTUH load on the coil
It has been a long time since I have done any Psychometric work, so I need some help to solve this problem.
% of air to be by passed
Required leaving air DB / WB from the air going thru the coil to yield target mixed air conditions
BTUH load on the coil
It has been a long time since I have done any Psychometric work, so I need some help to solve this problem.





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Just for a clarification. Are you calculating the weighted average for wet bulb as well? This may give you a wrong result. Better method is to take weighted average of enthalpies, rather and check wet bult temperature at the DB and enthalpy.
24500 cfm @95DB and 86.5WB + 35500 cfm @78DB and 57.7WB (treated air) will yield 60000 cfm @84.0DB and 71.5WB, which seems to be close.
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Mixed air wet bulb corresponding to your data is 72.7F instead of 72.17 (that is the reason I guessed that you might be using weighted average for WBT at mixed condition. Infact, you should do the enthalpy balance for mixed condition and read corresponding WBT at given DBT and enthalpy).
The exact solution is 35400@78, 58.6 and 24600@95 and 86.5. This will yield mixed air condition of 60000@85 and 72.
This difference between the conditions you stated and my final one is about 12 tons (mine being higher, but that corresponds to actual required conditions). This is about 3% of total tonnage and that is why it seems to be insignificant.
I appreciate your efforts to make our posts accurate.
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To match 72F WBT, the 40000cfm air is to be treated to
80F DBT and 63F WBT. The Enthalpy difference is (51.1-28.5) = 22.6 btu/lb. For 40000cfm, the heat load is (40000 cu.ft/min*22.6btu/lb*60min/hr)/(13.79cu.ft/lb*12000btu/hr/ton) = 328 tons.
As per my calculation, enthalpy difference is (51.1-25.5) = 25.6 btu/lb.
For 35400 cfm, heat load is (35400cu.ft/min*25.6btu/lb*60min/hr)/(13.68cu.ft/lb*12000btu/hr/ton) = 331.22 tons
The difference of 3 tons can be a calculation round up (of enthalpy values) as tonnage should be same for a set of given inlet and outlet conditions.
Yet, I would go with 40000 cfm treated air and corresponding DBT and WBT as I need not cool the air to lower temperatures if a solution exists at higher temperatures.
Thanks to you, Imok2
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My view is different though - I question the need to use a by-pass altogether, just size you system for the calculated 100% OA at 330-ton or whatever is calculated and that's it. This way, when the system operates in les critical outside conditions you get even better humidity control.
I even question the need for humidification altogether
I have to say, that's a lot of tonnage for a paint room make-up air - can't you confine the paint room into a place that is "unoccupied" so that make-up air is not dehumidifed at all? i.e push/pull ventilation within the paint booth.
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They are all valid questions and should be analysed before trying to come to a conclusion. Like myself, imok2 might also have presumed that OP has come to a conclusion after looking into various alternatives.
If it is the not the case, he must take cues from your post. He can only tell us why RH is important (paint quality, painting quality, drying time?)
Full Dehumidification -> advantage - higher DP
Disadvantage -> higher investment on dehumidifying equipment (coil and AHU)
Face Bypass System -> advantage - lower investment
Disadvantage -> lower DP and thus higher power consumption by chiller