Institute of Engineering

Thapathali Campus
Elective I: Heating Ventilation and Air
Conditioning
Lecture VIII
Chapter 7

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7 Measuring instruments
(4 hours)
7.1 Air flow measurement instruments
7.2 Temperature measuring instruments
7.3 Pressure measurement instruments
7.4 Relative humidity measurement
instruments
7.1 Air Flow measurement
Instruments
• Air Flow through duct work and conditioned space is
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• Air velocity is measured by following instruments:
1. Pitot tube

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2. Propeller or rotating vane anemometer
3. Deflecting vane meter
4. Hot wire resistance type anemometer
5. Kata thermometer
6. Test Smoke
7. Orifices and nozzles
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7.2 Temperature measuring
instruments
• Thermometers
• Thermocouples

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• Resistance thermometers
• Pyrometers

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I. Radiation Pyrometer
II. Optical Pyrometer

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7.3 Pressure measuring
instruments
• Pressure gauge
• Manometers

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• Aneroid barometer

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7.4 Relative humidity measuring
instruments
• Psychrometer
• Dew point hygrometer

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• Organic Hygrometers
• Electrolytic Hygrometers

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• Chemical and miscellaneous hygrometer

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For description of the instruments refer to:
A textbook of refrigeration and air conditioning by R.K.

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Rajput
Chapter 19

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Page no: 726 onwards

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Assignment:
• List out various instruments used to measure:
a) Air flow

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b) Temperature
c) Pressure

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d) Relative Humidity
• Explain the working mechanism of following instruments:
a) Pitot tube
b) Resistance thermometer
c) Thermocouple
d) Different anemometers
e) Different Hyrometers 8