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Total Humidification Load Calculation
Nortec EL
2596995_0_EN_1905
5.1.1.3 Conditioned Air Moisture
The moisture content for the designed air conditions must be determined next. To ensure the humidifier
capacity will be able to satisfy design conditions, the calculations must be based on the highest desired
design air temperatures and humidity.
Once the highest design temperature and highest design humidity for the application are known, the
moisture content of the conditioned air supply can be determines as follows:
Conditioned Air Moisture (lb/ft
3
) = Maximum Supply Air Moisture (lb/ft
3
) × Design Humidity (% RH)
where,
• Max Supply Air Moisture is the moisture content at 100% RH, obtained from
(imperial units) or
(metric units) corresponding to the highest design air tem-
perature for the conditioned environment;
• Design Humidity is the highest required humidity (% RH) for the conditioned environment.
5.1.1.4 Base Humidification Load
The base humidification load is the moisture required to bring the unconditioned supply air to meet the
conditioned air requirements, and is calculated as follows:
Base Load (lb/h) = Total Supply Air Volume (ft
3
/h) × {Conditioned Air Moisture (lb/ft
3
) - Supply Air
Moisture (lb/ft
3
)}
where,
• Total Supply Air Volume is the total volume of incoming unconditioned air (ft
3
/h), as described in
"Total Unconditioned Air Supply Volume" on page 50
• Conditioned Air Moisture is the moisture content (lb/ft
3
) of the conditioned air supply, as calculated
"Conditioned Air Moisture" on page 51
• Supply Air Moisture is the moisture content of the unconditioned air supply, as calcualted in
"Unconditioned Supply Air Moisture" on page 50
.
Table 15: Moisture Content of Air at 100% RH (Imperial Units)
°F
lb/ft
3
°F
lb/ft
3
°F
lb/ft
3
°F
lb/ft
3
°F
lb/ft
3
-20
0.0000343
41
0.000424
61
0.000857
81
0.00163
101
0.00293
-10
0.0000414
42
0.000440
62
0.000886
82
0.00168
102
0.00302
-5
0.0000500
43
0.000457
63
0.000916
83
0.00173
103
0.00310
0
0.0000686
44
0.000474
64
0.000946
84
0.00178
104
0.00319
5
0.0000871
45
0.000491
65
0.000979
85
0.00184
105
0.00328
10
0.000111
46
0.000509
66
0.00101
86
0.00190
106
0.00337
15
0.000141
47
0.000527
67
0.00104
87
0.00195
107
0.00347
20
0.000177
48
0.000547
68
0.00108
88
0.00201
108
0.00356
25
0.000223
49
0.000567
69
0.00111
89
0.00207
109
0.00366
30
0.000279
50
0.000587
70
0.00116
90
0.00213
110
0.00376
31
0.000291
51
0.000609
71
0.00119
91
0.00220
111
0.00387
32
0.000304
52
0.000630
72
0.00123
92
0.00226
112
0.00397
33
0.000316
53
0.000651
73
0.00127
93
0.00233
113
0.00408
34
0.000327
54
0.000674
74
0.00131
94
0.00240
114
0.00419
35
0.000340
55
0.000699
75
0.00135
95
0.00247
115
0.00430