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Wet Bulb Temperature

The wet bulb temperature is the adiabatic saturation temperature, which can be measured using a thermometer with its bulb wrapped in wet muslin. As air passes over the wet bulb, evaporation cools the bulb to a lower temperature than the dry bulb temperature in the same air. The difference between the wet and dry bulb temperatures depends on the air's humidity - more water vapor reduces evaporation and the temperature difference. By combining dry and wet bulb readings on a psychrometric chart, the state of humid air can be determined.

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Wet Bulb Temperature

The wet bulb temperature is the adiabatic saturation temperature, which can be measured using a thermometer with its bulb wrapped in wet muslin. As air passes over the wet bulb, evaporation cools the bulb to a lower temperature than the dry bulb temperature in the same air. The difference between the wet and dry bulb temperatures depends on the air's humidity - more water vapor reduces evaporation and the temperature difference. By combining dry and wet bulb readings on a psychrometric chart, the state of humid air can be determined.

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The Wet Bulb temperature is the adiabatic saturation temperature.


Wet Bulb temperature can be measured by using a thermometer with the bulb wrapped in wet muslin. The adiabatic evaporation of water from the thermometer
bulb and the cooling effect is indicated by a "wet bulb temperature" lower than the "dry bulb temperature" in the air.
The rate of evaporation from the wet bandage on the bulb, and the temperature difference between the dry bulb and wet bulb, depends on the humidity of the air.
The evaporation from the wet muslin is reduced when air contains more water vapor.
The Wet Bulb temperature is always between the Dry Bulb temperature and the Dew Point. For the wet bulb, there is a dynamic equilibrium between heat gained
because the wet bulb is cooler than the surrounding air and heat lost because of evaporation. The wet bulb temperature is the temperature of an object that can be
achieved through evaporative cooling, assuming good air flow and that the ambient air temperature remains the same.
By combining the dry bulb and wet bulb temperature in a psychrometric chart or Mollier diagram the state of the humid air can be determined. Lines of constant
wet bulb temperatures run diagonally from the upper left to the lower right in the Psychrometric chart.
Adiabatic Saturation And Wet-build Temperatures

Adiabatic saturation temperature refers to a temperature at which water converts into air by the process of evaporation adiabatically. The device used for this type of process is known as adiabatic
saturator.
The adiabatic saturator device is shown below in Figure (1).

As seen in Figure (1), moist air is entering into the saturator device duct from the left and exiting at the right. When air comes in contact with water, heat and mass transformation
takes place. For a perfect equilibrium condition, the duct should be long so that air can be fully saturated. To proceed with the procedure, make-up water must be given to adjust for
the measure of water dissipated into the air.
The temperature of the make-up water is controlled with the goal that it is the same as that in the channel. After the adiabatic saturator has accomplished an equilibrium state
condition, the temperature demonstrated by the thermometer drenched in the water is the thermodynamic wet-bulb temperature.
The wet bulb temperature is measured by the thermometer. Here the bulb of the thermometer is wrapped in a wet cloth. When air passes through it heat will be extracted and cloth
absorbs some moisture which results into the reduction of temperature of air. The wet bulb temperature is the lowest temperature and is always equal to or less than the dry point
temperature, but always greater than dew point temperature.

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