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http://dx.doi.org/10.46670/JSST.2021.30.4.243

Development of a divided-flow humidity generator and its use for studying low-temperature effects on radiosonde humidity sensors  

Jang, Eun-Jeong (Division of Physical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Lee, Young-Suk (Division of Physical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Choi, Byung-Il (Division of Physical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Choi, Yoonseuk (Department of Electronic Engineering, Hanbat National Unversity)
Lee, Sang-Wook (Division of Physical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
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Journal of Sensor Science and Technology / v.30, no.4, 2021 , pp. 243-249 More about this Journal
Abstract
Humidity is an important physical quantity that is closely related with the quality of everyday life as well as the quality control of products in various industries. Here, we have developed a divided-flow type humidity generator of which humidity generation is faster than the saturator-based humidity generator in ppm level. The operation principle of the divided-flow humidity generator is first introduced. Then, the performance of the divided-flow humidity generator is verified by testing the radiosonde humidity sensor at low temperature. As a result, the humidity generated from the divided-flow humidity generator is consistent with the saturator-based precision humidity generator within 1.6% relative humidity in the range from 10% to 40% at -45 ℃. It is also found that the radiosonde humidity sensor shows measurement errors by 3% - 5% at -45 ℃ when it is only calibrated at room temperature. The response times of radiosonde humidity sensor using the divided-flow humidity generator are between about 2 and 9 minutes, whereas those by the saturator-based humidity generator are about 20 minutes. In this regard, the divided-flow humidity generator has a merit in terms of fast humidity changes for the calibration of radiosonde humidity sensors at low-temperatures.
Keywords
Humidity generator; Radiosonde; Humidity sensor;
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