functionTDewPoi_pW_amb

Function to compute the dew point temperature of moist air for a given water vapor partial pressure

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Function (Icon for functions).

Information

Dew point temperature calculation for moist air between 0°C and 30°C with partial pressure of water vapor as an input.

The correlation used in this model is valid for dew point temperatures between 0°C and 30°C. It is an approximation to the correlation from 2005 ASHRAE Handbook, p. 6.2, which is valid in a wider range of temperatures and implemented in Buildings.Utilities.Psychrometrics.Functions.pW_TDewPoi. The approximation error of this simplified function is below 5% for a temperature of 0°C to 30°C. The benefit of this simpler function is that it can be inverted analytically, whereas the other function requires a numerical solution.

Inputs

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.Pressurep_wWater vapor partial pressure

Outputs

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.TemperatureTDew point temperature

Revisions

  • October 4, 2014, by Michael Wetter:
    Removed extends Buildings.Utilities.Psychrometrics.Functions.BaseClasses.pW_TDewPoi_amb as this gives a compile time error in OpenModelica as the input argument T cannot be found.
  • March 9, 2012 by Michael Wetter:
    Added smoothOrder=99 and displayUnit for pressure.
  • May 21, 2010 by Michael Wetter:
    First implementation.