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specifications. In addition, glove boxes
and isolators – used for handling
moisture or gas-sensitive materials
– benefit from accurate and reliable
humidity measurements. Measuring
humidity in a critical environment can
be especially challenging.
In the food industry the dryers and
ovens used in bread baking and
cereal manufacture require a carefully
controlled humidity level to maintain
consistent quality and high yield, and
to give distinctive characteristics to
the finished product.
Vaisala INTERCAP® Sensor
▪
Same measurement principle
as in the HUMICAP® sensor
▪
Factory pre-calibrated - no
additional calibration or
adjustment needed
▪
Fully interchangeable
▪
Used in humidity instruments
with ±3 %RH accuracy
In building automation, optimizing
both the temperature and relative
humidity of the indoor environment
enables a greater level of comfort
for occupants than optimizing
temperature alone. Careful humidity
control is a must in museums,
archives, warehouses, and other
environments where humidity-
sensitive materials are stored.
Vaisala HUMICAP
Humidity Products
Vaisala has everything you need
for measuring humidity, with a
wide range of humidity instruments
covering applications from HVAC
to the most demanding industrial
applications, both indoors and
out. Vaisala’s humidity instrument
offering includes transmitters,
modules for volume applications,
portable and handheld humidity
meters, and humidity calibrators.
The full range of humidity
products can be found at
www.vaisala.com/humidity
HUMICAP® – The Story of Innovation
Until the early 1970s, hair
hygrometers were commonly
used in radiosondes. At that time,
reliable humidity measurement
was an unresolved challenge
and to solve this, Vaisala began
developing a new type of humidity
sensor using semiconductors
and thin-film materials. The
revolutionary HUMICAP humidity
sensor was introduced two years
later, in 1973, at CIMO VI congress.
HUMICAP was a radical
innovation that changed humidity
measurements for good. The new
technology was groundbreaking:
the sensor had no moving parts,
and due to the advanced use
of semiconductor and thin-film
technologies, it was amazingly
small. The sensor had a fast
response time, good linearity, low
hysteresis, and small temperature
coefficiency.
Despite the fact that the innovation
was designed for a new type of a
radiosonde, the greatest interest
came from elsewhere: people
working in environments as
diverse as greenhouses, bakeries,
warehouses, construction sites,
brick and timber kilns, and
museums. The need for reliable
humidity measurement was
common to all, and instruments
that could do this accurately were
few and far between.
By 1980, a variety of products
based on HUMICAP technology
– from hand-held meters to
industrial transmitters, calibrators,
and other accessories – were
being sold in over 60 countries.
Since its birth, HUMICAP has been
part of Vaisala’s core business,
propelling the company to industry
leadership in the field of humidity
measurement.
Upper electrode
Lower electrode
Thin-film polymer
Glass substrate
Structure of the HUMICAP sensor.
Family of HUMICAP sensors.
Humidity
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