Question: A wet cooling tower is to cool 25 kg/s of cooling water from 40 to 30C at a location where the atmospheric pressure is 96

A wet cooling tower is to cool 25 kg/s of cooling water from 40 to 30°C at a location where the atmospheric pressure is 96 kPa. Atmospheric air enters the tower at 20°C and 70 percent relative humidity and leaves saturated at 35°C. Neglecting the power input to the fan, determine (a) the volume flow rate of air into the cooling tower and (b) the mass flow rate of the required makeup water.

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