Air with a relative humidity of 95% and temperature of 35°C is pumped into a chamber filled with a non-reactive porous material. The material has a porosity of 0.6 and is initially completely dry. After 15 minutes, air leaving the bed has temperature of 40°C and relative humidity of 5%.

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Air with a relative humidity of 95% and temperature of 35°C is pumped into a chamber
filled with a non-reactive porous material. The material has a porosity of 0.6 and is initially
completely dry. After 15 minutes, air leaving the bed has temperature of 40°C and relative
humidity of 5%.
Complete this sentence:
The air leaving the bed has a higher temperature than when it entered because:
The latent heat of water in the gas phase was released by condensation onto the porous material
The latent heat of water in the porous medium was released into the gas phase by a phase change.
The latent heat of water in the gas phase was absorbed by evaporation
The porous material was hot and transferred its energy to the air
O Condensing water reacted with the porous material exothermically (that is, the reaction made heat)
Transcribed Image Text:Air with a relative humidity of 95% and temperature of 35°C is pumped into a chamber filled with a non-reactive porous material. The material has a porosity of 0.6 and is initially completely dry. After 15 minutes, air leaving the bed has temperature of 40°C and relative humidity of 5%. Complete this sentence: The air leaving the bed has a higher temperature than when it entered because: The latent heat of water in the gas phase was released by condensation onto the porous material The latent heat of water in the porous medium was released into the gas phase by a phase change. The latent heat of water in the gas phase was absorbed by evaporation The porous material was hot and transferred its energy to the air O Condensing water reacted with the porous material exothermically (that is, the reaction made heat)
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