Manufacture of a Psychrometer

to measure dry bulb

temperature and wet bulb
temperature
Presented by :
Vishal Vats (1557041)
Ranvijay Rana (1557042)
Satyajeet Raj (1557044)
Saurabh Kumar (1557048)
Chanchal Kumar (1557064)
Contents
 Introduction
 Apparatus required
 Properties of moist air
 How do we use it?
 Procedure to prepare psychrometer?
 Other parameters
 Explanation of WBT
 Dimensioning
 Future scope
 Conclusion
 References
INTRODUCTION

 A psychrometer is a device that includes both a dry-bulb

and a wet-bulb thermometer.
 A sling psychrometer requires manual operation to create
the airflow over the bulbs, but a powered psychrometer
includes a fan for this function.
 Psychrometry is the study of the properties of mixtures of
air and water vapour.
Apparatus Required :

 Fan (80mm x 80mm x 20mm)

 Two thermometers
 Wick
 Wooden block
 Battery
 Fan Speed Regulator
PROPERTIES OF MOIST AIR

 Dry-bulb temperature (DBT)

 Wet-bulb temperature (WBT)
 Specific Humidity
 Absolute humidity
 Relative humidity
 Dry Bulb Temperature
Thermometer exposed to the air in a
place sheltered from direct solar radiation

 Wet-bulb temperature
A thermodynamic property of a mixture of
air and water vapor
 Specific Humidity
Proportion of the mass of water vapor and mass of the moist air sample
 
 Absolute humidity
Mass of water vapor per unit volume of air containing the water vapor.
 
 Relative humidity
Ratio of the vapor pressure of moisture in the sample to the saturation
pressure at the dry bulb temperature of the sample.
R.H =PW/PS, where Pw is partial pressure of water vapour and PS is the
saturation pressure at the same temperature
How do we use it?

 Find the dry bulb temperature

 Find the wet bulb temperature
 Find the wet bulb depression to know qualitatively the
humidity of air
 Use the psychrometric chart to know relative humidity.
Other parameters

 After knowing DBT and WBT we can get other parameters related to air.

 Parameters like relative humidity ,specific humidity ,specific enthalpy,

specific volume can be known.

 With the help of psychrometric chart we can know these.

EXPLANATION OF WBT
Procedure to prepare powered
psychrometer
 Preparation of rectangular chamber of wooden block
 Insertions of 2 thermometers vertically a little distance
apart
 Other end should have a fan/ blower mounted to suck air
 Some cloth material surrounding the bulb of one of the
thermometers
 Adjustment of blower speed
Dimensioning
Future scope

 This apparatus can be setup in colleges to know the DBT and WBT
of air at different conditions.

 Relative humidity of the atmospheric air.

 We can verdict the weather.

 compare the results with another available sling psychrometer.

 Calculation of different parameters with the help of psychrometric

chart.
Conclusion
 We have successfully chosen and bought a fan of
previously mentioned dimensions.
 
 Accordingly we have designed and dimensioned our
rectangular wooden chamber.
 
 We also spent a quite lot time in analyzing the function of
psychrometer practically.
 
 We also analyzed about why WBT is always smaller or
equal to DBT.
References
 Y.A.Cengel, Thermodynamics, A Practical Approach(Tata
McGraw-Hill Publication, New Delhi)

 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning by C.P. Arora

 https://
nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/pdf/R&AC%20Lecture%2027.
pdf

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychrometrics