Thread: heat transfer and humidity
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Old 08-21-2006, 01:36 AM
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Re: heat transfer and humidity
Yes the heat capacity of air changes significantly with humidity. Your best source of info on this will be HVAC (heating, ventilation, air-conditioning) references.

For example at 20 C and humidity of 0%, it takes 20kJ to heat 1 kg of air by 1 deg C.
At 20 C and humidity of 80%, it takes 50kJ to heat 1kg of air by 1 deg C.
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