Question: Please answer ASAP ( 4 0 pts ) A cooling tower is used to reduce the temperature of a hot water stream. Air is also

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(40 pts) A cooling tower is used to reduce the temperature of a hot water stream.
Air is also supplied to the tower. A fraction of the liquid water evaporates, so that
the air leaving the tower contains more water vapor than the incoming air.
Because evaporation is a cooling process, the remaining liquid water leaves the
tower at a lower temperature.
The following data are taken on a cooling tower:
Incoming (hot) liquid water flow rate =14,500kgmin
Incoming air flow rate =18,100kgmin
Incoming air composition:
1.1wt% water vapor, the remainder dry air (treat as a single component)
98.5% of the entering hot water leaves as liquid, and the remainder leaves as
water vapor in the exiting air.
(a) Draw a flowchart for the process and label it using the standard procedure
discussed in class and the text.
(b) Complete a degrees of freedom analysis
(c) Determine the wt% of water vapor in the exiting air
(d) Determine the molar flow rate of water vapor in the exiting air, expressed
as kmols.

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