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Important
lower value of SHF, say 0.6, implies a high latent heat load such as that
occurs in a humid climate.
In the latter case, of necessity, the entering air flowing across the coil would
have to have a gap to pass through, though that is undesirable from the heat
transfer point of view.
This results in allowing some of the air to pass through the coil without
contacting the coil surface.
Apparatus dew point (adp), contact and bypass factors
Some of the air passes nearer the coils surface than the other parts of the flow
and thus is cooled to a greater degree.
Bypass factor or BF is the fraction of the air that does not touch the coil and
consequently is not cooled at all.
Coil bypass factor (BF)
The inability of the coil to heat or cool the air to its (coils) temperature is
indicated by a factor called Bypass Factor (BF).
where TO = DBT of air entering the coil, TB = DBT of air leaving the coil
TC = mean effective temperature of coil
Temperature of
heating surface
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C
The Bypass factor depends upon the following:
1. Number of rows of coil:
1. Lesser is the number of rows, the higher is the BF
2. Greater the number of rows, the lesser is the BF
Coil bypass factors are taken into account when selecting the cooling and de-
humidifying apparatus and for determining the required air quantity.
For a one-row coil with eight fins per inch, not more than 40% of the air will contact
the cooling coils.
Use of cooling coils of several rows in depth is the common practice in view of the
fact that a large percentage of air would leave the coil without contacting .
Four-row finned coils may contact around 80% of the air which passes through
them, six-row coils may contact upwards of 90% of air.
Apparatus dew point (adp), contact and bypass factors
However, in actual case the exit temperature of air will always be greater
than the apparatus dew-point temperature due to boundary layer
development as air flows over the cooling coil surface and also due to
temperature variation along the fins, etc.
The actual process path which was shown in Fig. 5 will vary depending
upon the type of cold surface, the surface temperature, and flow conditions.
For simplicity the process line is assumed to be a straight line.
For a given room design condition and SHF, there is only one coil
temperature, i.e., the TADP which will maintain the proper rates of
removal of sensible heats and latent heats.
Apparatus dew point (ADP) and its relationship with BF and SHF
3) ADP, SHF with BF 0 and mixture of return air and outside air
Case 1
ADP, SHF with BF = 0 and 100% recirculated air
Tla = TADP
Case 2
ADP, SHF with BF 0 and 100% recirculated air
Case 2
ADP, SHF with BF 0 and 100% recirculated air
Although the TADP will be the same as in the previous case, the temperature of
the air leaving the coil, Tla, i.e. off-coil temperature will be greater.
Since some of the air will not contact the cold surface.
Point C represents the condition of the mixed air entering the coil.
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