Method for determining the relative humidity of a volume of air having a temperature of 100° C or greater

Abstract

A method for determining the relative humidity of a volume V of air having a temperature of 100° C. or greater. The method comprises the steps of measuring the temperature TV of the volume of air and determining from that temperature the saturation vapor pressure psat(V) of the volume of air; collecting from the volume of air a sample volume S of air and cooling it to a temperature TS below 100° C., but above the dew point of the sample volume of air; determining from the temperature TS the saturation vapor pressure psat(S) of the cooled sample volume of air; determining the relative humidity RHS of the sample volume of air from TS and from the wet bulb temperature of the sample of air; and performing the calculation RHV=RHS×psat(S)/psat(V) to obtain a relative humidity RHV of the volume of air.

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