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Handbook of air conditioning and refrigeration / Shan K

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Heating Element Humidifiers<br />

AIR SYSTEMS: COMPONENTS—FANS, COILS, FILTERS, AND HUMIDIFIERS 15.75<br />

FIGURE 15.43 Steam humidifier with a separator. (Adapted with permission from The Armstrong Humidification<br />

<strong>H<strong>and</strong>book</strong>, 1991.)<br />

When a steam boiler is not available or is too expensive to install, steam humidification is still<br />

possible by using heating element humidifiers. A heating element humidifier has a water pan with<br />

electric or gas-fired heated elements installed at the bottom <strong>of</strong> the pan to evaporate the liquid water<br />

to water vapor <strong>and</strong> then add the vapor to the <strong>air</strong>stream flowing over the water pan, as shown in<br />

Fig. 15.44. The humidifying capacity <strong>of</strong> a heated element humidifier is limited by its heat-transfer<br />

surface <strong>and</strong> the characteristics <strong>of</strong> the heating element.<br />

FIGURE 15.44 Heating element humidifier.

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