Instrumentation and

Control System

Group 9
Warehouse Humidity Controller
In some warehouse, it is essential that the
relative humidity be maintained above a certain
level.

Two good examples are:

1. Warehouse that store explosives
2. Warehouse that store grains
For both of these commodities, it is dangerous
to allow the relative humidity to fall below about
50%.If the grain dust gets too dry, spontaneous
combustion may occur.
Figure (A) Physical system for maintaining
warehouse humidity
Figure (B) The psychrometer detector
and water-flow-control circuit
 The nickel RTD’s have a resistance of
20kΩ at 60˚F.The dry bulb RTD is placed in
a Wheatstone bridge in the R4 position, and
the wet bulb RTD is placed in the R3 position.
The resistance of the RTD are labeled Rdry
and Rwet , respectively. The left side of the
Wheatstone bridge divides the 10-V dc
supply evenly, since R1 and R2. The right
side will not divide the supply voltage evenly
because Rwet will be less than Rdry due to its
lower temperature. Therefore the bridge will
be unbalanced, with the bridge output
voltage furnishing the input signal to op amp
1. This input voltage is identified as Vbridge .
On-Off Control System
 This ensures a uniform atmosphere
throughout the warehouse , preventing
any dry pockets from forming
 A continuous stream of air from the
storage are sucked into the sampling
chamber by a small sampling blower
 Air is always pulled rather than pushed
 In this system, the temperature detectors
are nickel wire RTD’s
 The dry bulb is always located nearer to
the entry of sampling chamber
 In this system, the temperature of the storage
area is maintained near 60oF by an
independent temperature control system
 The relationship between the relative humidity
and Vbridge is this: As the relative humidity
goes down, the temperature difference
between the bulbs becomes greater
 As the temperature difference becomes
greater, the difference between the Rwet and
Rdry also increases, throwing the bridge further
out of balance.Therefore , a decrease in
relative humidity causes an increase in Vbridge.
 Temperature difference=10oF
Group 9
Warehouse Humidity Controller
 Alcantara, Christopher D.
 Cruz , Eduardo A.
 Cruz, Jerome
 Del Carmen, Lorenzo
 Gabriel, Genesis Jerome T.
 Malang, Romeo P.