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The h,x‐diagram as a Representation of Measurements of Ranges of Comfort in a Long‐Duration Test
Author(s) -
Trümpet H.,
Jansen W.,
Albers K.J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
indoor air
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.387
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1600-0668
pISSN - 0905-6947
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0668.1991.00023.x
Subject(s) - psychrometrics , dew point , diagram , relative humidity , humidity , chart , environmental science , wet bulb temperature , dry bulb temperature , data presentation , thermodynamics , meteorology , mathematics , statistics , geography , physics , data collection
It is well known that the inhabitants of dwellings use the room heating and ventilation to build up their own individual climatic zone in which they feel comfortable. To date individual measurements have been conducted to investigate these climatic zones, or line charts have been drawn up with a thermohygrograph in long‐duration tests. Compared with the form of presentation used previously, the possibilities for evaluation have been substantially improved by the use of measured data‐recording installations for the long‐term investigation and presentation of results in the form of dots (temperature/humidity value pairs) in an h,x‐diagram. The h,x‐diagram is a type of psychrometric chart which is widely used in Germany. The advantage of this chart is that all thermodynamic properties of moist air can be determined without calculation. The dry bulb temperature, the wet bulb temperature, the dew point, the relative humidity, the humidity ratio, the specific enthalpy and the specific volume of moist air can be read directly from the diagram.