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Title: Measurement uncertainty of adsorption testing of desiccant materials

Abstract

The technique of measurement uncertainty analysis as described in the current ANSI/ASME standard is applied to the testing of desiccant materials in SERI`s Sorption Test Facility. This paper estimates the elemental precision and systematic errors in these tests and propagates them separately to obtain the resulting uncertainty of the test parameters, including relative humidity ({plus_minus}.03) and sorption capacity ({plus_minus}.002 g/g). Errors generated by instrument calibration, data acquisition, and data reduction are considered. Measurement parameters that would improve the uncertainty of the results are identified. Using the uncertainty in the moisture capacity of a desiccant, the design engineer can estimate the uncertainty in performance of a dehumidifier for desiccant cooling systems with confidence. 6 refs., 2 figs., 8 tabs.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10102023
Report Number(s):
SERI/TP-254-3454; CONF-890436-8
ON: DE89000841
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-83CH10093
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; DESICCANTS; ADSORPTION; MEASURING METHODS; STATISTICS; STANDARDS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; CALIBRATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DESICCANT COOLING; DEHUMIDIFIER; SORPTION ISOTHERM; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; 360603; 990230; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Citation Formats

Bingham, C E, and Pesaran, A A. Measurement uncertainty of adsorption testing of desiccant materials. United States: N. p., 1988. Web. doi:10.2172/10102023.
Bingham, C E, & Pesaran, A A. Measurement uncertainty of adsorption testing of desiccant materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10102023
Bingham, C E, and Pesaran, A A. 1988. "Measurement uncertainty of adsorption testing of desiccant materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10102023. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10102023.
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title = {Measurement uncertainty of adsorption testing of desiccant materials},
author = {Bingham, C E and Pesaran, A A},
abstractNote = {The technique of measurement uncertainty analysis as described in the current ANSI/ASME standard is applied to the testing of desiccant materials in SERI`s Sorption Test Facility. This paper estimates the elemental precision and systematic errors in these tests and propagates them separately to obtain the resulting uncertainty of the test parameters, including relative humidity ({plus_minus}.03) and sorption capacity ({plus_minus}.002 g/g). Errors generated by instrument calibration, data acquisition, and data reduction are considered. Measurement parameters that would improve the uncertainty of the results are identified. Using the uncertainty in the moisture capacity of a desiccant, the design engineer can estimate the uncertainty in performance of a dehumidifier for desiccant cooling systems with confidence. 6 refs., 2 figs., 8 tabs.},
doi = {10.2172/10102023},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10102023}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1988},
month = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1988}
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