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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