GE HumiLab User Manual

C ONTENTS
INTRODUC TION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
About GE General Eastern - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Overview of the Humilab - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
About this Owner’s Manual - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
CHAPTER 1 — INST ALLATION AND INITIAL SETUP - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Pre-Installation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Components shipped with the Humilab - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
System diagram - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5
Installation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6
Place the Humilab at its operating site - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6
Connect a dry gas source (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6
Electrical connections - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8
Rear input/output fitting connections - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9
Initial setup and water fill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11
Chilled mirror setup - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12
Initialize the dew point sensor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12
Clean and balance the dew point sensor - - - - - - - - - - - - 13
Shipping the Humilab - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15
CHAPTER 2 — OPERATION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16
Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16
Front panel displays and switches - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17
Performing routine calibrations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20
Chamber response time - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21
CHAPTER 3 — USING THE P ROSTEP SOFTWARE - - - - - - - - - - - - 22
Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22
Installing the Prostep software - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23
Running Prostep - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24
CHAPTER 4 — T HEORY OF OPERATION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30
Overview - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30
Divided flow - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30
The Humilab chilled mirror controller - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 31
What is optical condensation hygrometry? - - - - - - - - - - - 32
General description of the chilled mirror hygrometer system - - 33
Chilled mirror hygrometer system theory of operation - - - - - 33

GE HumiLab Specifications

General

Brand	GE
Model	HumiLab
Category	Portable Generator
Language	English