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Humidity and temperature control in laboratory setting

Hello, My task is to find out, if Design Builder is capable of correctly simulating the hygric and thermal behaviour of certain building materials. For this reason, I am trying to recreate a real-life experiment in Design Builder. To do this, I need to be able to control the temperature and humidity in a room. The temperature should remain constant at 23°C, while the relative humidity should be 45% for 48 hours and then suddenly rise to 95% for an hour. The humidity supply should then be stopped. What is the best way to do this? Until now, I have only been able to control the humidity via the heating and cooling system. However, as this has to work to maintain the 23°C, the humidity supply also changes.

Humidity and temperature control in laboratory setting

Hello, My task is to find out, if Design Builder is capable of correctly simulating the hygric and thermal behaviour of certain building materials. For this reason, I am trying to recreate a real-life experiment in Design Builder. To do this, I need to be able to control the temperature and humidity in a room. The temperature should remain constant at 23°C, while the relative humidity should be 45% for 48 hours and then suddenly rise to 95% for an hour. The humidity supply should then be stopped. What is the best way to do this? Until now, I have only been able to control the humidity via the heating and cooling system. However, as this has to work to maintain the 23°C, the humidity supply also changes.

Humidity and temperature control in laboratory setting

Hello, My task is to find out, if Design Builder is capable of correctly simulating the hygric and thermal behaviour of certain building materials. For this reason, I am trying to recreate a real-life experiment in Design Builder. To do this, I need to be able to control the temperature and humidity in a room. The temperature should remain constant at 23°C, while the relative humidity should be 45% for 48 hours and then suddenly rise to 95% for an hour. The humidity supply should then be stopped. What is the best way to do this? Until now, I have only been able to control the humidity via the heating and cooling system. However, as this has to work to maintain the 23°C, the humidity supply also changes.

Humidity and temperature control in laboratory setting

Hello, My task is to find out, if Design Builder is capable of correctly simulating the hygric and thermal behaviour of certain building materials. For this reason, I am trying to recreate a real-life experiment in Design Builder. To do this, I need to be able to control the temperature and humidity in a room. The temperature should remain constant at 23°C, while the relative humidity should be 45% for 48 hours and then suddenly rise to 95% for an hour. The humidity supply should then be stopped. What is the best way to do this? Until now, I have only been able to control the humidity via the heating and cooling system. However, as this has to work to maintain the 23°C, the humidity supply also changes.

Humidity and temperature control in laboratory setting

Hello, My task is to find out, if Design Builder is capable of correctly simulating the hygric and thermal behaviour of certain building materials. For this reason, I am trying to recreate a real-life experiment in Design Builder. To do this, I need to be able to control the temperature and humidity in a room. The temperature should remain constant at 23°C, while the relative humidity should be 45% for 48 hours and then suddenly rise to 95% for an hour. The humidity supply should then be stopped. What is the best way to do this? Until now, I have only been able to control the humidity via the heating and cooling system. However, as this has to work to maintain the 23°C, the humidity supply also changes.

Humidity and temperature control in laboratory settingScheduled %RH? (DesignBuilder)

Hello, My task is to find out, if Design Builder is capable of correctly simulating the hygric and thermal behaviour of certain building materials. For this reason, I am trying to recreate a real-life experiment in Design Builder. To do this, I need to be able to control the temperature and humidity in a room. The temperature should remain constant at 23°C, while the relative humidity should be 45% for 48 hours and then suddenly rise to 95% for an hour. The humidity supply should then be stopped. What is the best way to do this? Until now, I have only been able to control the humidity via the heating and cooling system. However, as this has to work to maintain the 23°C, the humidity supply also changes.

Scheduled %RH? %RH with simple HVAC settings? (DesignBuilder)

Hello, My task is to find out, if Design Builder is capable of correctly simulating the hygric and thermal behaviour of certain building materials. For this reason, I am trying to recreate a real-life experiment in Design Builder. To do this, I need to be able to control the temperature and humidity in a room. The temperature should remain constant at 23°C, while the relative humidity should be 45% for 48 hours and then suddenly rise to 95% for an hour. The humidity supply should then be stopped. What is the best way to do this? Until now, I have only been able to control the humidity via the heating and cooling system. However, as this has to work to maintain the 23°C, the humidity supply also changes.changes. So far, I have been trying to make this work with the simple HVAC settings. Is implementing such a schedule even possible with these settings, or do I have to change them to Detailed HVAC?