{"id":4690,"date":"2026-09-20T18:14:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T01:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/psychrometrics-basics\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T23:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T06:36:09","slug":"psychrometrics-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/ja\/psychrometrics-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychrometrics Basics: Reading Air Before You Recover Its Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Air is a mixture, not a single number<\/h2>\n<p>Sizing any <a href=\"\/ja\/heat-recovery-efficiency-metrics\/\">\u71b1\u56de\u53ce\u30b7\u30b9\u30c6\u30e0<\/a> starts with the state of the air. Four properties define it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dry-bulb temperature (DB)<\/strong>: the ordinary thermometer reading.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wet-bulb temperature (WB)<\/strong>: thermometer with a wet wick; tracks the cooling effect of evaporation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Humidity ratio (W)<\/strong>: mass of water vapour per mass of dry air, kg\/kg.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Relative humidity (RH)<\/strong>: how close the air is to saturation at its temperature.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enthalpy (h)<\/strong>: total energy per kg of dry air, sensible plus latent, in kJ\/kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The psychrometric chart<\/h2>\n<p>A psychrometric chart plots these properties on one diagram. A point fixes DB, WB, W, RH and h at once. Engineers use it to read what happens when air is heated, cooled, humidified or dehumidified &#8211; exactly the processes a recovery core performs.<\/p>\n<p>A practical approximation for moist-air enthalpy is:<\/p>\n<p><code>h \u2248 1.006 x T + W x (2501 + 1.86 x T)<\/code>  (kJ\/kg dry air, T in degC)<\/p>\n<h2>Why recovery engineers must know this<\/h2>\n<p>Heat recovery moves <em>\u30a8\u30f3\u30bf\u30eb\u30d4\u30fc<\/em>, not just temperature. A <a href=\"\/ja\/enthalpy-vs-sensible-recovery\/\">\u9855\u71b1\u30ed\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc<\/a> shifts the dry-bulb part; an enthalpy wheel shifts both. Reading the exhaust and supply states on the chart tells you how much energy is actually available and whether you need latent recovery at all.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>DB vs WB &#8211; what is the difference?<\/strong> DB is the real air temperature; WB reflects both temperature and moisture and is the lowest temperature the air can reach by evaporative cooling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does low RH mean dry air in winter?<\/strong> Cold outdoor air can have low RH but very little absolute moisture (low W); it still needs humidification indoors for comfort.<\/p>\n<p>Need help specifying the right air-to-air heat recovery for your project? <a href=\"\/ja\/contact-us\/\">Contact the QIYU engineering team<\/a> &#8211; WhatsApp +86 157 5335 5505, or email kuns913@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yc-faq-title\"><strong>\u3088\u304f\u3042\u308b\u8cea\u554f<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"yc-faq\">\n<h3>What does a psychrometric chart tell an engineer?<\/h3>\n<p>It plots dry-bulb temperature against humidity ratio at a given pressure, showing enthalpy, wet-bulb, relative humidity and dew point so you can read every state of moist air.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yc-faq\">\n<h3>Why is humidity ratio more useful than relative humidity for recovery calculations?<\/h3>\n<p>Relative humidity depends on temperature, while humidity ratio is the actual mass of water per mass of dry air; energy and moisture balances use humidity ratio directly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yc-related\">\n<h3>\u95a2\u9023\u8a18\u4e8b<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/ja\/air-leakage-cross-contamination\/\" title=\"Air Leakage and Cross-Contamination: Why Separated Cores Win for Dirty Air\">Air Leakage and Cross-Contamination: Why Separated Cores Win for Dirty Air<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/ja\/cold-chain-heat-recovery-case\/\" title=\"\u30b3\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9\u30c1\u30a7\u30fc\u30f3\u71b1\u56de\u53ce\u4e8b\u4f8b\u7814\u7a76\">\u30b3\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9\u30c1\u30a7\u30fc\u30f3\u71b1\u56de\u53ce\u4e8b\u4f8b\u7814\u7a76<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air is a mixture, not a single number Sizing any heat recovery system starts with the state of the air. Four properties define it: Dry-bulb temperature (DB): the ordinary thermometer reading. Wet-bulb temperature (WB): thermometer with a wet wick; tracks the cooling effect of evaporation. Humidity ratio (W): mass of water vapour per mass of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243,197],"tags":[200,277,199,276,275],"class_list":["post-4690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design-calc","category-encyclopedia","tag-enthalpy","tag-humidity-ratio","tag-hvac","tag-moist-air","tag-psychrometric-chart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5113,"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690\/revisions\/5113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.26yc.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}