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Relative Humidities in Production and Process Environments

The document discusses recommended relative humidity ranges for various production and process environments to avoid product deterioration or damage and achieve proper process conditions. It provides a table listing common environments like libraries, breweries, and storage facilities along with the recommended relative humidity ranges from 5-60% depending on the specific environment and materials.

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Relative Humidities in Production and Process Environments

The document discusses recommended relative humidity ranges for various production and process environments to avoid product deterioration or damage and achieve proper process conditions. It provides a table listing common environments like libraries, breweries, and storage facilities along with the recommended relative humidity ranges from 5-60% depending on the specific environment and materials.

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Humidities in Production and Process Environments

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To avoid deterioration and damage of products or to achieve proper process conditions, environment and the indoor climate must often be within certain temperature and humidity limits.

Low relative humidity may dry up products and high relative humidity may increase the water activity and growing mould and bacteria in the production or process lines.

Recommended Relative Humidity ­ RH ­ in some common production and process environments:

Recommended Relative Humidity 
Production and Process Environment ­ RH ­
(%)
Sugar Storage 20 ­ 35%
Breweries 35 ­ 45%
Coffee Powder 30 ­ 40%
Milk Powder Storage 20 ­ 35%
Seed Storage 35 ­ 45%
Unpacked Medicine 20 ­ 35%
Transformer Winding 15 ­ 30%
Semiconductors 30 ­ 50%
Books and Paper Archive 40 ­ 55%
Paper Storage 35 ­ 45%
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Library 50 ­ 55%
Spray Paint 30 ­ 50%
Laboratory electronics 45 ­ 60%
Plastic Pallets 5 ­ 30%
Computer Peripherals 50 ­ 60%
Rust Resistance Below 40%
Medical Syrups 30 ­ 40%
Capsule Storage 30 ­ 45%
Powder Storage 30 ­ 45%
Wood Drying 25 ­ 35%
35 ­ 50% 
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Normal Storage 50 ­ 55%
Musical Instrument 45 ­ 55%
Leather Product 40 ­ 55%
Cable Wrapping 15 ­ 25%
Chemical Laboratory 30 ­ 45%

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