Factory Utilities

Textile HVAC Humidification Water & Air Ratio Calculator

Every kilogram of water the plant evaporates also removes about 2,450 kJ from the air. Humidification is a cooling system whether it was sized as one or not.

Air Handling Plant
m³/h
kg/m³
g/kg
Humidity Duty Room condition
%
%
%
kJ/kg

Water Evaporated

— L/h

Moisture the air must actually absorb

Plant Duty

Moisture Added to the Air
— g/kg
Air Mass Flow
— kg/h
Air to Water Ratio
— kg/kg
Water Supplied to Sprays
— L/h
Evaporative Cooling Effect
— kW

Saturation humidity is strongly temperature dependent, so take it from a psychrometric chart at the actual dry bulb rather than a nominal figure. Machine heat, lighting and solar gain all add to the load the same plant has to absorb, and none of them appear in a pure moisture balance.

Textile HVAC Humidification Water & Air Ratio Calculator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.