ACADEMY SERIES · EPISODE 5Humidification Load
How to Calculate Humidification Load
In winter, heated indoor air can drop below 15% relative humidity. This episode calculates the humidification load step by step from the absolute humidity difference and the volume of air entering the space, works through two examples with Türkiye climate data, and covers economisers, unit selection and the energy budget.
Published: 5 October 2026Narration: Turkish and English5:46
In this video
- Heating does not change the water vapour: outdoor air at −5 °C and 80% heated to 22 °C drops below 15% RH.
- The calculation uses absolute humidity, which heating does not change: a 22 °C, 50% indoor space holds 8.2 g/kg, while Erzurum's winter air holds only 0.4 g/kg.
- The humidification load is the difference between the target indoor and the outdoor absolute humidity multiplied by the air volume entering the space; the inputs are the design condition, the outdoor air and the air volume.
- In the example print shop in Konya (1,620 m³, 0.6 air changes per hour, 24 °C and 45%) the load is about 8 kg/h; with a 20% margin a 10 kg/h unit is selected.
- In a 15,000 m³/h air handler with an economiser, raising the fresh-air share from 15% to 100% increases the load from about 18 to 120 kg/h; the unit is selected with this condition in mind.
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