3- MEASURING H U M I DITY
Humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor in air. Water vapor in air
affects the density, and humidity measurement is necessary to determine
the performance of many systems.
The humidity ratio is defined as the ratio of the water vapor mass to the
mass of dry air in the mixture:
mass water vapor
w mass of dry air
(9.28)
Example 9.1 1
A sling psychrometric measures a dry-bulb temperature of 33C and a wetbulb temperature of
21C. What are the relative humidity and the humidity ratio?
Solution: Using Figure B.l, we find that the relative humidity is
approximately 34% and the humidity ratio is 0.0108 kg water/kg air.
(9.30)