HM3Humidier
9Dimensioning
Tocalculatethelevelofhumidityrequiredinaroom,thefollowingparametersneedtobetakenintoaccount:
Ventilationairow+leakageinltrationintothe
building
q
1
(m
3
/h)
RequiredroomhumidityX
2
(g/kg)
IncomingairhumidityX
1
(g/kg)
Addedhumidityfromhumidier△X(g/kg)
Lossofhumidityinroomduringprocess(g/h)
Addedhumidityfromothersourcesinroom(g/h)
Requiredhumidierairowq(m
3
/h)
Ventilationairowq
1
Itisnecessarytoknowtheincomingventilationairowq1inm3/h.Ifinsteadtheairreplacementnumber
(n)fortheroomisknown,theairowcanbecalculatedbymultiplyingthevolumeoftheroomwith(n),thus
q1=n(WxLxH).Inq1,theinltrationowmayneedtobeadded,whichisrelatedtoforexamplefrequent
openingofdoors.
RequiredroomhumidityX
2
TherequiredroomhumidityX
2
(g/kgdryair)isanotherwayofstatingtheairhumiditythanthemore
commonrelativeairhumidity(%RH).Inordertocalculatetheairhumidity(g/kgdryair),aMollier
(Psychrometric)diagramoradigitalconvertercanbeused.
IncomingairhumidityX
1
TheincomingairhumidityX
1
(g/kgdryair)is,ifrecirculatedairandotherhumidicationisnotused,setas
thedriestconditionoutsideduringwinter.
Addedhumidityfromhumidier△ △
△
X
Theaddedhumidityfromthehumidier△X(g/kgdryair)variesfordifferentairconditions.Enterthe
roomtemperatureandtherequiredrelativeairhumidityintoFigure9.1andreadtheaddedhumidity.
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