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Define humidity

  • Define humidity in the following locations:Define local initial humidity in the Initial Conditions dialog box.Choose Home tab→Loads and Conditions group→Initial Conditions .In the Initial Conditions dialog box, from the Type list, select Initial Humidity.Define humidity for boundary conditions in the External Conditions dialog box.Choose Home tab→Loads and Conditions group→Flow Boundary Conditions .In the Flow Boundary Conditions dialog box, from the Type list, select Inlet Flow or Opening type.In the External Conditions group, click Create Modeling Object .Define global ambient and initial humidity in the Solution dialog box.In the Simulation Navigator, right-click the solution node and choose Edit.On the Ambient Conditions page, in the Humidity, Tracer Fluids, and Mixtures group, set the global ambient humidity.On the Initial Conditions page, from the Initial Conditions list, select Uniform and in the Humidity, Tracer Fluids, and Mixtures group, set the global initial humidity.

  • In all these dialog boxes, from the Humidity list, choose Relative or Specific.Relative humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air expressed as a percentage of the maximum amount of water vapor the air could hold at a given temperature.Specific humidity is the ratio of water vapor to dry air.

  • In the Solution dialog box, on the Results Options page, select the following check boxes for requesting humidity related results:Humidity, Tracer Fluids, and Mixtures****PPD (Predicted Percent Dissatisfied) and PMV (Predicted Mean Vote)

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