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Psychrometric chart

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SFTB

Mechanical
Dec 17, 2003
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Hi,

I'm presently working on a custom application involving a Visual basic program to calculate the enthalpy of humid air to avoid looking in a psychrometric chart. I would like to now the way to calculate the water saturation value for a specific temperature. What is the exact equation? This curve corresponds to the 100% Relative humidity on the chart. Any reference to a book or an internet site would be great. I already use this one
What I'm looking for is the equation behind the numbers.

I know that h=cp.t + w.hv
where h is the enthalpy
cp is specific heat of air
t is the temperature
w is the water content
hv is the enthalpy of water vapor at t

thanks,
 
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