Goal: When you have finished this laboratory exercise you will understand

  • steam properties used in the design of food processing and storage systems.

and you will learn

  • how to use the steam table find and calculate the quality of steam.




Input Parameters
Parameter Combination
Temperature T (°C)
Pressure P (MPa)
Enthalpy h (kJ/kg)
Entropy s (kJ/kg-K)
Property Name Value Unit
Temperature °C
Pressure P MPa
Specific Volume ν m3/kg
Enthalpy h J/kg
Entropy s J/kg-K
Specific Isobaric Heat Capacity Cp kJ/kg-K
Specific Isochoric Heat Capacity Cv kJ/kg-K
Speed of Sound m/s

Units

Units of the parameters used in the Psychrometric Chart are metric (SI).

Range of Validity

  • Temperature: -10°C ~ 50°C.
  • Total Pressure: 0.6 bar ~ 1.01325 bar.

  • where


  • Capra, S.C. and Canale, R.P. (1990). "Numerical Methods for Engineers," McGraw-Hill, New York, N.Y.
  • De La Garz, F. and Boulton, R. (1984). "The modeling of wine filtrations," American J. Enology and Viticulture 35:189-195.