Predicting the humidity control capacity of material based on a linear excitation response relationship

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J Wood Sci (007) 53:199 03 The Japan Wood Research Society 007 DOI 10.1007/s10086-006-0851-y ORIGINAL ARTICLE Toshiro Morooka Yoko Homma Misato Norimoto Predicting the humidity control capacity of material based on a linear excitation response relationship Received: July 1, 006 / Accepted: September 7, 006 / Published online: February 9, 007 Abstract The Cb value is a useful parameter for estimating the humidity control capacity of materials. It is defined as the ratio of the range of variation of relative humidity in a steel box lined with the material of interest to that in an empty steel box, when sinusoidal temperature variation is applied. However, because it takes a long time to obtain the Cb values for materials at each temperature variation period, we developed an easier method based on a linear excitation response theory to obtain the Cb values without measuring at each period. Japanese cedar was the material used in this study. The temperature excitation, a jump from a constant temperature to another constant temperature, was used to obtain the absolute humidity response. Under the assumption that the temperature excitation humidity response relationship is linear, we were able to predict humidity variation to sinusoidal temperature variation at any period, and we obtained the Cb value for each temperature variation period. Predicted values agreed well with the experimental values. From this, it was found that the Cb value could be predicted without measuring the Cb value at each period over a long time. In addition, the peak time difference, which is closely related to the Cb value, could also be predicted in a similar manner. Key words Humidity control capacity B value Cb value Japanese cedar Linear excitation response theory Introduction In a previous article, 1 we estimated the humidity control capability of materials in an airtight room using the Cb value. The Cb value is defined as the ratio of the range of variation of relative humidity in a steel box lined with material of interest to that in an empty steel box, when sinusoidal temperature variation is applied. The Cb value has a linear relationship with the B value by which we have so far estimated the humidity control capacity of materials. 5 It was effective to draw a Cb value contour map of the temperature variation period with the lined area for materials to establish an overall view of the humidity control capacity. However, it took at least 1 month to obtain Cb values because we had to measure each Cb value at each period and at each ratio of lined area A to the volume of steel box V (A/V value). The aim of this study was to provide a method to predict the Cb value at each period by measuring the humidity change in a short period due to a jump in temperature from a constant temperature to another temperature, instead of measuring humidity variation at each period over a long time. In undertaking this task, the peak time difference, 1 which is closely related to the Cb value, is also predicted. The material used was Japanese cedar (sugi, Cryptomeria japonica D.Don.). Materials and methods Specimens T. Morooka (*) Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan Tel. +81-774-38-3654; Fax +81-774-38-3600 e-mail: tmorooka@rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp Y. Homma Koshii & Co., Ltd., Osaka 550-005, Japan M. Norimoto Faculty of Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyoto 610-0394, Japan The material used in this study was 1-cm-thick flat-grain Japanese cedar conditioned at 5 C and 60% relative humidity for at least 1 week before testing commenced. Measuring device A steel box (a base of 0 0 cm and a height of 5 cm) lined with material was used for measurements. The box

00 was sealed carefully to prevent air leakage before measurements. The A/V value was used to express the extent of the lined area. A/V values of 0.5, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5,.0,.5, and 3.0 m 1 were adopted in our experiment. Cb values Temperature and relative humidity inside a steel box were measured over time in the climatic chamber in which temperatures varied sinusoidally around 5 C at four amplitudes of.5, 5, 7.5, and 10 C, each of which had four wave periods of 6, 1, 4, and 48 h. The Cb value is defined as the ratio of humidity amplitude in the steel box lined with material to that in the empty steel box. To predict the Cb value, we also measured the variation of relative and absolute humidity caused by a jump in temperature of 5 0 C, centering around 5 C. Results and discussion As stated in our previous article, 1 we found that changing the rate of sinusoidal temperature variation over one period strongly affected the Cb value, although the amplitude did not. In addition to the Cb value, the difference between the time when peak temperature was reached and the time when peak absolute humidity was reached (peak time difference, G ) was affected by the length of each period. The difference between the phase when peak temperature was reached and the phase when peak absolute humidity was reached (phase angle difference) was also affected by the length of each period. However, none of the variables was affected by the amplitude. The characteristics observed between sinusoidal temperature variation and the corresponding humidity seem similar to the relationship between sinusoidal strain and the corresponding stress variations in dynamic viscoelasticity, which is subjected to the linear excitation response theory. 6 By this analogy, we could estimate the variation of humidity due to any temperature change from a simple temperature excitation humidity response relationship. We adopted, as an excitation, a temperature jump and observed a resulting humidity response. Figure 1 shows typical variation of both relative humidity and absolute humidity in a steel box lined with material in which A/V = 1.0, when the temperature jumped from 17.5 C to 3.5 C at around a time of 1400 min. Corresponding to the jump in temperature, the relative humidity fell abruptly at 1400 min, followed by a gradual increase toward the same level as it was initially. On the other hand, absolute humidity started to increase at 1400 min and then stayed constant at around 1600 min. Humidity curves similar in shape to these were observed when A/V values or the jump in temperature, centering on 5 C, were changed. In each case, the increase in both absolute humidity and relative humidity seemed proportional to the jump in temperature. This article describes a method to obtain the relationship between sinusoidal temperature variation with any period Fig. 1. Variation of relative humidity, absolute humidity, and temperature in a steel box lined with material, when the ratio of the lined area A to the volume of the steel box V is unity (A/V = 1.0, jump in temperature = 15 C) and the corresponding humidity variation, on the basis of the relationship between the jump in temperature and the corresponding humidity change mentioned above. We focus on the absolute humidity instead of relative humidity, and denote it as Y(t) when temperature jumps from q = 0 C to q = 1 C with a time t = 0. From the shape of the absolute humidity curve in Fig. 1, we assume that Y(t) is expressed, using two parameters, a and a, as: t Ψ ()= t a( 1 e )= a φ () t (1) where f(t) = ae at. We further assume that absolute humidity h(t) at time t is proportional to temperature jump q 0 : ht ()= θ 0 Ψ () t () where Y(t) is a proportional coefficient at time t. If the temperature inside the steel box is changed by Dq 1 (t 1 ), Dq (t ),... at the time of t 1, t,..., previous to time t, respectively, then absolute humidity h(t) in the steel box at the time t is equivalent to the sum of absolute humidity

01 at the same time t obtained when each of Dq 1 (t 1 ), Dq (t ),... is applied to the steel box independently: ht ()= Ψ( t ti) θi( ti) When temperature changes continuously, this can be expressed as: t ht t u d u t θ( ) du du dφ( u) ()= Ψ ( ) = θ ( t u) du du 0 0 From this, when temperature changes as: θ()= t θa cos( ωt ) (3) where q a is temperature amplitude, we obtain h(t) as: ht ()= kθa cos ω( t Γ ) (4) where k = A + B is the amplitude of absolute humidity variation when q a = 1 C, Γ = 1 1 ω tan B is peak time A difference as mentioned above, and a A = +, π T a π B = T + π T where T is the period. On the basis of these calculations, we can obtain absolute humidity variation around the average absolute humidity h 0 as: ht ()= h0 + kθa cos ω( t Γ ) when temperature q(t) is changed around q 1 θ()= t θ1+ θacos( ωt) where h 0 = 1.7 g/m 3 (corresponding to 5 C and 60% relative humidity) and q 1 = 5 C were adopted based on conditioning of specimens mentioned in the experimental section. In addition, q a value of 1.0 was used. Using the obtained h(t), the Cb value is calculated in the following manner. At temperatures between 0 and 40 C, the relationship between saturated absolute humidity h s (t) and temperature q(t) is. θ () t hs ()= t 516. 10 0 055 Thus, the relative humidity of the steel box lined with material, H wood, is ht Hwood ()= t () h () t 100 s On the other hand, relative humidity of the empty steel box, H stn, is h0 Hstn ()= t hs () t 100 From this, using the change of H wood in a day, DH wood, and the change of H stn in a day, DH stn, Cb is expressed as: H Cb = H wood stn To apply the above method in our study, we first had to find whether the measured value of absolute humidity variation due to the jump in temperature could be expressed by Eq. 1. We compared the measured values that were obtained by subtracting h(t) values, after a jump in temperature, from the final value of h(t) and q 0 f(t) = q 0 ae at with an adequate value for a and a. This result is illustrated in Fig.. As shown, q 0 f(t) corresponds with the measured values, indicating that f(t) is suitable for expressing change in absolute humidity after a jump in temperature. The coefficient a is the final value of h(t) in a steel box per 1 C change in temperature, and should be the same, only if Eq. is valid, when q 0 is changed. Figure 3 compares a when q 0 is changed from 5 to 0 C at different A/V values from 0. to 3. As expected, at each A/V value, the a value seems similar in value even when q 0 is changed. Furthermore, the a value remained almost constant as the A/V value increased with the exception of A/V = 0.5. From this, we see that the Japanese cedar used is capable of releasing sufficient moisture to control humidity in a box, even if the Fig.. Comparison of the measured values obtained by subtracting h(t) values from the final value of h(t) and q 0 f(t) = q 0 ae at (q 0 = 0 C, A/V =.0 m 1 ) Fig. 3. Variation of a value with q 0 and A/V (q 0 = 5 0 C, A/V = 0. 3 m 1 )

0 A/V value is as low as 0.5 m 1, and as long as sufficient time has elapsed after the jump in temperature. In our calculation below, we use an a value of 0.6 g m 3 C 1 for A/V = 0.5 3.0 m 1, and 0.8 g m 3 C 1 for A/V = 0.5 m 1. The a value is the other important factor in Eq. 1, and is a measure of how fast the maximum absolute humidity in a steel box is attained after the temperature change. Figure 4 shows the variation of a with A/V. The value of a increased linearly with A/V, indicating that cases with high A/V can reach the maximum humidity in a short time. We used the value on the line for our calculation below. Figure 5 shows the measured values using sinusoidal temperature variation. In addition, the relationship between the calculated Cb values and each period for Japanese cedar for each A/V is plotted in Fig. 5. These calculated values when compared at a period of 6 h have a trend of being higher than the measured values except when A/V = 0.5. The calculated values are somewhat lower than the measured values for periods of 4 and 48 h when A/V = 0.5. Despite this, calculated Cb values appeared close to the measured values, decreasing with increasing period at each A/V. In addition to the Cb value, G is also a measure of humidity control capacity of materials. Figure 6 shows the relationship between calculated G (peak time difference) and Fig. 4. Variation of a with A/V Fig. 5. Variation of measured and calculated Cb values with period for Japanese cedar for each A/V (temperature amplitude =.5 10 C) Fig. 6. Variation of measured and calculated G (peak time difference) with period for Japanese cedar for each A/V (temperature amplitude =.5 10 C)

03 period for Japanese cedar for each A/V. Measured values are also plotted in Fig. 6. Once again, the calculated values are close to the measured values, increasing with increasing period at each A/V. From these results, we can conclude that both the calculated values of Cb and the peak time difference agree well with most of the measured values. To deal with the values that do not agree well with the measured values, the equation used in Fig. needs to be improved so that it matches more closely with the measured values. Furthermore, the jump in temperature in a steel box has to occur within a shorter time so that any errors involved in the corresponding absolute humidity can be reduced.. Maki F, Norimoto M, Aoki T, Yamada T (1981) Estimation of humidity control effect for interior-wall materials. Mokuzai Kogyo 36:476 480 3. Norimoto M, Ohgama T, Yamada T (1990) Humiditiy conditions caused by wood. Mokuzai Gakkaishi 36:341 346 4. Ohgama T, Ishikawa H, Norimoto M, Kamba N (001) Humidity control effects of woods and artificial woods made of ceramics. Mokuzai Gakkaishi 47:97 10 5. Kurimoto Y, Kano K, Norimoto M, Sawabe O (00) Performance of carbonized sugi wood and bark for humidity control. Mater Sci Res Int 8:38 4 6. Saito N (1976) Introduction to polymer physics. Shokabo, Tokyo, p 58 References 1. Morooka T, Homma Y, Norimoto M (007) Criterion for estimating humidity control capacity of materials in a room. J Wood Sci DOI 10.1007/s10086-006-0848-6