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Posted by udarrell on June 15, 2005, 8:49 am
Stormin Mormon wrote:
>From when I took some AC courses, "sensible heat" is when you add or remove
>BTU, and it makes a temperature difference. For example, you heat or cool
>dry air. The temp goes up or down.
>
>Latent heat is adding or removing BTU, which doesn't make a temperature
>change -- in other words, humidity. An example is running an AC which
>condenses out a lot of water, but doesn't change the temp. We'd call that
>"reducing latent heat".
>
>Or, so it was explained to me.
>
>
Well stated.
Design makes a considerable difference in the ratio of latent to
sensible as does airflow and run time.
Also, as the humidity level of the air increases so does the ratio of
latent condensate change of state heat absorbed increase.
Studying the graphed charts illustrated in the link below, clearly
reveals this relationship ratio equation.
As the humidity level goes up the condenser discharged heat which
includes the latent heat goes up as the sensible temperature drop goes down.
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What is the most Affordable Path to the "Human Comfort Zone" Goal?
http://www.udarrell.com/air-conditioning-total-heat-enthalpy-latent-heat.html
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