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This document discusses air control and humidity in buildings. It covers topics like ventilation, humidity, condensation, and remedies for condensation. Ventilation is the process of changing air from outside to inside a building. It supplies oxygen and removes pollutants. Humidity refers to the amount of water vapor in air. High humidity can cause condensation inside buildings. Condensation occurs when warm moist air meets a surface at or below the dew point. The document provides information on measuring and specifying humidity, including using psychrometric charts. It also discusses causes of and remedies for condensation in buildings.

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Chapter 4 - Copy 2

This document discusses air control and humidity in buildings. It covers topics like ventilation, humidity, condensation, and remedies for condensation. Ventilation is the process of changing air from outside to inside a building. It supplies oxygen and removes pollutants. Humidity refers to the amount of water vapor in air. High humidity can cause condensation inside buildings. Condensation occurs when warm moist air meets a surface at or below the dew point. The document provides information on measuring and specifying humidity, including using psychrometric charts. It also discusses causes of and remedies for condensation in buildings.

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Chapter 4

Air Control in A
Building

To feel
comfort

Chapter
outline

Fresh air:
At the correct
temperature,
Right amount of moisture,
Free from odours and
pollutant

Ventilation ;
Process changing the air from
outside to the air in the
room/internal space of a
building

Supply oxygen for


human breath

Control air humidity and


air velocity

VENTILATIO
N

Air
supplies

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

Remove :
carbon dioxide from human breathing
odours
microorganism
Excessive heat energy
water vapor
particles such us smoke and dust
volatile organic compound from sources
such as cleaning
combustion products from heating and
cooking
ozone gas from photocopier and laser
printer
methane gas and decay products from
ground condition

Ventilation
requireme
nt

Worked
Example
4.1

Comfort
of human
body

Humidity
Durability
of
building
materials

Heat
balance
On
human
body

HUMIDIT
Y

Rate at
which
building
material
dry

Can cause
condensatio
n in
building

Water vapor
- can be defined as a substance in the gases
state which might be liquefied by compression.
- For example, it formed naturally in the space
above
liquid water which is left open to the air.
Saturation

Humidity

Saturated air is the air that contain the maximum


amount of water vapour possible at that
temperature.
Saturated Vapour Pressure (SVP)
Vapour pressure increase at the amount of water
vapour increase and at the saturation, the vapour
pressure reach a steady value called the saturate
vapour pressure
SVP is the vapour pressure of water vapour in an
air that contain the maximum amount of vapour
possible at that temperature

Saturated
air at
different
temperatu
re

Some of the properties of water


vapour:
Moisture content (Unit : Kg/kg or dry air)
Vapour pressure (Unit : Pascal)

Specificati
on of
humidity

Vapour pressure is the partial pressure exerted by


the molecules of a vapour. The unit is Pascal

Dew point (Unit : oC or K

Dew point is the temperature in which a fixed


sample of air becomes saturated.
Relative humidity (Unit :%)

The relative humidity of a sample of air compares


the actual amount the moisture in the air with the
maximum amount of moisture the air can contain
at that temperature.

Worked
Example
4.2

Hygrometry or Psychometry is the


measurement of humidity
Hair and paper hygrometer
Dew point hygrometer
Wet and dry bulb hygrometer
Electric hygrometer

Higromete
r

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Psychometric chart is a set of graph


which are combined and showed the
relationship between the different
variables used to specify humidity

Psychomet
ric chart

Psychometri
c chart

Psychomet
ric chart

Worked
Example
4.3

Principle of Condensation
Condensation in a building occurs whenever warm
moist air meets surface that are or below the dew
point of that air
1. Surface condensation
a.occurs on the surface of walls, windows, ceiling
and floor.

Condensati
on in a
building

b.It occurs as a film of moisture or as a beads of


water
2. Interstitial condensation
occurs within the construction of a building as
shown in fig. 4.5

Moisture
sources

Causes of
Condensati
on

Temperatu
re

CONDENSATIO
N
Ventilatio
n

Use of
building

Heating

Ventilation

Remedies
for
Condensati
on

REMEDIES
CONDENSATIO
N
Insulation

Thank you
for your
attention

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