Transient humidity measurements: Part I - Sensor calibration and characteristics

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1074-1079

  Wang, Yiheng ^a,b   Simonson, Carey J ^a   Besant, Robert W ^a   Shang, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Altex Industries Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experiment; Humidity; Humidity sensor; Response time; Simultaneous heat and mass transfer; Step change; Temperature; Transient calibration

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PLASTIC FILMS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION; RESPONSE TIME; TRANSIENT HUMIDITY MEASUREMENT;

HUMIDITY SENSORS;

EID: 34249050741     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.894881     Document Type: Article

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