P.55 – KANOMAX 6501 series Climomaster User Manual

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What are Discomfort Index (DI) and Dew Point Temperature
(DT)?

**What is DI and DT?**

Discomfort Index (DI)

Discomfort Index is an index to show how uncomfortable it is in the summer
time.
CLIMOMASTER use the formula, shown below, which is used by
Meteorological Agencies.

(℃)    

RH

Humidity

H:Relative

ure

T:Temperat

Where

T

H

T

DI

%

3

.

46

)

3

.

14

99

.

0

(

01

.

0

81

.

0

DI Scale

Comfortable

Little

Uncomfortable

Uncomfortable

Very

Uncomfortable

Cannot
Endure

68 70 75 80 86

There are many formulas to calculate Dew Point Temperature,

but for A531, we have adopted the most general “Antnione” formula,
which is used to calculate saturated vapor pressure.

235

)]

ln(

5614

.

23

/[

183

.

4030

:

:

:

%

:

100

322

.

133

)]

235

/(

183

.

4030

6686

.

18

exp[

e

DT

Pa

ure

VaporPress

e

Pa

re

aporPressu

SaturatedV

E

e

Temperatur

T

RH

midity

RelativeHu

H

Where

E

H

e

T

E

)    

(℃)

)    

 (

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