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The pressure, dry bulb temperature and relative humidity of air in a room are 1 bar, 30C and 70%, respectively. If the saturated steam pressure at 30C is 4.25 kPa, the specific humidity of the room air in kg of water vapour/kg dry air is

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0.0083
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0.0101
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0.0191
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0.0232
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0.0083
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0.0101
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0.0191
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0.0232
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Solution

The correct option is C 0.0191
patm=1bar=100kPa

DBT=30C

Relative humidity,
ϕ=70%=0.7

pvs=4.25kPa

Specific humidity : ω=?

ϕ=pvpvs

0.7=pv4.25

pv=2.975kPa

Specific humidity,
ω=0.622×pvppv

=0.622×2.9751002.975

=0.0191kg w.v./kg d.a.

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