Humidity Conversion and Formulas.pdf

HUMIDITY CONVERSION FORMULAS Calculation formulas for humidity B210973EN-F PUBLISHED BY Vaisala Oyj Phone (int.): +358 9 8949 1 P.O. Box 26 Fax: +358 9 8949 2227 FI-00421 Helsinki Finland Visit our Internet pages at ? Vaisala 2013 No part of this document may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical (including photocopying), nor may its contents be communicated to a third party without prior written permission of the copyright holder. This material is subject to copyright protection, with all copyrights retained by Vaisala and its individual partners. All rights reserved. Any logos and/or product names are trademarks of Vaisala or its individual partners. The reproduction, transfer, distribution or storage of information contained in this document in any form without the prior written consent of Vaisala is strictly prohibited. All specifications — technical included — are subject to change without notice. _________________________________________________________________________________ VAISALA _________________________________________________________________________ 3 Table of Contents 1. Relative humidity definitions 3 2. Water vapour saturation pressure 4 3. Calculation of dewpoint from RH 7 3.1 Calculation of dewpoint at different pressure 7 3.2 Calculation of RH from dewpoint and ambient temperature 8 4. Using psychrometers 9 5. Mixing ratio 10 6. Enthalpy 11 7. Absolute humidity 12 8. Parts per million (ppm) 13 9. Enhancement factor 15 1. Relative humidity definitions Relative humidity is at all temperatures and pressures defined as the ratio of the water vapour pressure to the saturation water vapour pressure (over water) at the gas temperature: RH = Pw/Pws · 100% (1) The total pressure does not enter the definition. Above 100°C the same definition is valid. But as the saturation vapour pressure Pws is greater than 1 013 hPa (normal ambient pr