Psychrometrics

•Psychrometrics is the science dealing with the

physicaland thermodynamic properties of air‐
water vapor mixtures.

•Psychrometric Chart contains Relation between

Properties of air and moisture.

Psychrometric Properties

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 Dry Bulb Temperature [DBT]

• Dry bulb temperature: It is the temperature of air measured by an ordinary

thermometer.

Ordinary thermometer

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 Wet Bulb Temperature [WBT]

Wet Bulb Temperature: It is the temperature of the air measured by a thermometer

whose bulb is covered with a wet wick or cloth. The wet-bulb temperature of the air is
recorded after rapidly moving the thermometer in the air and allowing the
temperature to stabilize. It is called the wet-bulb temperature because the bulb of the
thermometer is wet when the temperature reading is taken.

Wet Bulb Thermometer

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 Dew Point Temperature [DPT]

Dew Point Temperature:

• The Temperature at which condensation of moisture begins when the air

is cooled.
(or)
• It is the temperature of the air when it is fully saturated and the moisture
condenses on a surface.

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 Relative Humidity [RH]

Relative Humidity: It is the ratio of the actual moisture present in the air to the
maximum moisture the air can hold.

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 Amount of moisture that a given amount of air is holding
%RH =
Amount of moisture that a given amount of air can hold
Humidity Ratio

• Humidity ratio describes the actual weight of water in an air‐water

vapor mixture.
• Also, Humidity ratio can be expressed as “grains of moisture per
pound of dry air” (or) “Pounds of moisture per pound of dry air”

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Basic View of P. Chart ‐1

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