CRITICAL ANALYSIS FOR DIFFERENT AVAILABLE METHODOLOGIES FOR HUMIDITY MEASUREMENT TO BE USED BY A CALIBRATION LABORATORY / ANÁLISE CRÍTICA DAS DIVERSAS METODOLOGIAS DE MEDIÇÃO DE UMIDADE DISPONÍVEIS A SEREM UTILIZADAS POR UM LABORATÓRIO DE CALIBRAÇÃO

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2004

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Recently, the need of humidity measurement and control has been shown to be of growing interest, especially in processes like pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, automotives, as well as in air conditioning installations. Increasing the number of laboratories, which are traceable to the Brazilian Calibration Network, is a requirement for attending the industry demands, besides contributing towards improving the measurement uncertainty level. This work has as an objective to critically analyze different methods for humidity measurement, to be used by calibration laboratories. The mostly used expressions for calculating vapor partial pressure were evaluated, aiming humidity determination in comparison with Sonntag´s one, the most accepted formulation by the international metrological community. Also, a comparison was made between different softwares, which were available through internet, for calculating the most important humidity parameters, in comparison with results obtained by the same formulation. Among several factors, the dry air and water vapor mixture properties were calculated, considering it as an ideal or a real one, as well as the effect air composition changes on humidity measurement. The contribution of several sources of errors on the combined uncertainty of humidity measurement was examined, following the methodology that uses the dew point as a starting measurement parameter. Finally, the objective of this work is to present the humidity calibration laboratories a critical analysis of the available methodologies for measuring humidity, together with the achieved uncertainties.

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humidity metrology dew point ponto de orvalho metrologia umidade

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