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PUtility Psychrometric

The name of software is "PUtility Psychrometric". It is utility software which calculates moist air state and draws a psychrometric chart. Users can plot their data on the chart by giving the value of dry-bulb temperature and absolute humidity through a CSV formatted file. PUtility Psychrometric can give a graphic representation of comfortable air state with drawing region. Which PMV takes a specific value. Diagrams can be exported to vector image files (EMF). "PUtility Psychrometric" is released under GPL, and all the source codes can be freely downloaded from the Web site. Screen Shots

Keywords

Moist air, Psychrometric chart, GPL, Free source

Validation/Testing

Calculation result of PMV and PPD are verified with the BASIC code given in ISO 7730. Calculation result of moist air properties are compared to value calculated by HVACSIM.

Expertise Required

Basic knowledge about moist air properties.

Users

About 40 copies downloaded since March 2008.

Audience

Engineers, consulting corporations, or university students.

Input

Graphical user in