• The psychrometric constant γ{\displaystyle \gamma } relates the partial pressure of water in air to the air temperature. This lets one interpolate actual...
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    Psychrometrics (or psychrometry, from Greek ψυχρόν (psuchron) 'cold', and μέτρον (metron) 'means of measurement'; also called hygrometry) is the field...
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  • conductance (m s−1) λv = latent heat of vaporization (J kg−1) γ = psychrometric constant (Pa K−1) which (if the SI units in parentheses are used) will give...
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  • speed at 2m height (m−1) δe = vapor pressure deficit (kPa) γ = Psychrometric constant (γ ≈ 66 Pa K−1) N.B.: The coefficient 0.408 and 900 are not unitless...
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  • Conductivity of stoma, surface or stomatal conductance (m s−1) γ = Psychrometric constant (γ ≈ 66 Pa K−1) Note: Often resistances are used rather than conductivities...
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    Psychrometric Formulae – at the annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. It became known as the "Magna Carta of Psychrometrics...
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    hazard – Occupational hazard to one's psychological well-being Psychrometric constant – Relation of the partial pressure of water in air to temperature...
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    underlying property data for the Mollier diagram is identical to a psychrometric chart. At first inspection, there may appear little resemblance between...
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    values. The relationships between these values are illustrated in a psychrometric chart. Lower wet-bulb temperatures that correspond with drier air in...
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    Dew point (category Psychrometrics)
    Another common set of values originates from the 1974 Psychrometry and Psychrometric Charts. a = 6.105 mbar, b = 17.27, c = 237.7 °C; for 0 °C ≤ T ≤ 60 °C...
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    chamber – Air space in a cave chamber with pressure below atmospheric Psychrometric constant – Relation of the partial pressure of water in air to temperature...
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    conditioning set-up. The psychrometric process of the air passing through the system with four state points is shown on the psychrometric chart of Figure 2 as...
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    Vapour-pressure deficit (category Psychrometrics)
    the saturation pressure. Saturation pressure can be looked up in a psychrometric chart or derived from the Arrhenius equation; a way to compute it directly...
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    Sadakam, Samy Grain Drying Tools: Equilibrium Moisture Content Tables and Psychrometric Charts. Univ. Arkansas, FSA1074 FAO. 2011. Rural structures in the tropics...
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  • Humidity Infiltration Latent heat Noise control Outgassing Particulates Psychrometrics Sensible heat Stack effect Thermal comfort Thermal destratification...
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    in many measurements in chemical, biological, and physical systems at a constant external pressure, which is conveniently provided by the large ambient...
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    Humidity (category Psychrometrics)
    physical and thermodynamic properties of gas–vapor mixtures is named psychrometrics. The relative humidity ( R H {\displaystyle RH} or φ {\displaystyle...
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    constant-volume devices, meaning that, at a constant fan speed, a centrifugal fan moves a relatively constant volume of air rather than a constant mass...
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    purpose diagrams include: PV diagram T–s diagram h–s (Mollier) diagram Psychrometric chart Cooling curve Indicator diagram Saturation vapor curve Thermodynamic...
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    Hygrometer (category Psychrometrics)
    locating the intersection of the wet and dry-bulb temperatures on a psychrometric chart. The dry and wet thermometers coincide when the air is fully saturated...
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    behaves like an ideal gas with constant specific heats Isentropic ( P v k = c o n s t a n t {\displaystyle Pv^{k}=constant} , where k = C p / C v {\displaystyle...
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    based on the definition of the Carnot heat engine efficiency and the psychrometric concepts. By the 1760s (or earlier) German artisans had invented a so-called...
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    temperature of 29 °C (84 °F) and relative humidity of 40% in the sea-level psychrometric chart, and in Steadman's table at 40% RH the apparent temperature is...
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  • properly rated for its fire and smoke indices. See also: plenum chamber psychrometric The study of the behavior of air-water vapor mixtures. Water vapor plays...
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    tubing has constant perimeter, constant thickness, and constant heat conductivity, and whose condensible fluid is perfectly mixed and at a constant temperature...
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    Evaporative cooler (category Psychrometrics)
    cooling can be visualized using a psychrometric chart by finding the initial air condition and moving along a line of constant enthalpy toward a state of higher...
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  • Constant air volume (CAV) is a type of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system. In a simple CAV system, the supply air flow rate is constant...
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    services. Thus, it incorporates the control of environmental factors (psychrometrics), either for human comfort or for the operation of machines. Heating...
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    energy released or absorbed, by a body or a thermodynamic system, during a constant-temperature process—usually a first-order phase transition, like melting...
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    power—and power plants use steam to generate electricity Oxyhydrogen Psychrometrics—moist air–vapor mixtures, humidity, and air conditioning Steam-electric...
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