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Psychrometrics

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:   (doi:10.13031/2013.17557) in Psychrometrics. Chapter 9 in Food & Process Engineering Technology, 213-257. St. Joseph, Michigan: ASAE. . Copyright 2004 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Mich.
Authors:   Wilhelm, Luther R., Dwayne A. Suter, and Gerald H. Brusewitz
Keywords:   Cooling, drying, dew point temperature, enthalpy, heating, humidity ratio, psychrometrics, steam quality, relative humidity, wet bulb temperature, steam, steam-air mixtures, steam tables

This chapter includes basic coverage of psychrometric properties and psychrometric processes. Emphasis is upon properties and processes relative to the environment and to processing of biological materials. The chapter also includes a discussion of steam properties and use of steam tables.

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