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Humidifier Benefits and Usage Guide

A humidifier is a household appliance that increases the moisture level in the air by emitting water vapor. It can humidify a single room or an entire house depending on if it's a point-of-use or whole-house model. Medical ventilators also often include humidifiers. Humidifiers are commonly used in homes, hospitals, and commercial buildings to add moisture to the air and prevent health issues associated with low humidity like dry skin, coughing, and damage to materials. They work by calculating the air changes per hour in a space and amount of water vapor needed to raise the humidity to a recommended level of 30-50%.

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Humidifier Benefits and Usage Guide

A humidifier is a household appliance that increases the moisture level in the air by emitting water vapor. It can humidify a single room or an entire house depending on if it's a point-of-use or whole-house model. Medical ventilators also often include humidifiers. Humidifiers are commonly used in homes, hospitals, and commercial buildings to add moisture to the air and prevent health issues associated with low humidity like dry skin, coughing, and damage to materials. They work by calculating the air changes per hour in a space and amount of water vapor needed to raise the humidity to a recommended level of 30-50%.

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Humidifier

A humidifier is a household appliance or device designed to increase the moisture


level in the air within a room or an enclosed space. It achieves this by emitting water
vapor or steam into the surrounding air, thereby raising the humidity levels.

Humidifier in an art museum in Augsburg, Germany


In the home, point-of-use humidifiers are commonly used to humidify a single room,
while whole-house or furnace humidifiers, which connect to a home's HVAC system,
provide humidity to the entire house. Medical ventilators often include humidifiers for
increased patient comfort. Large humidifiers are used in commercial, institutional, or
industrial contexts, often as part of a larger HVAC system.

Overview[edit]
Humidification calculation[edit]

Ventilation determines most of the air changes per


hour in a space without windows.
Humidity per hour: X = Air changes per hour (ACPH) * M³ * density of air *
humidity ratio
Humidity per day: X * 24

 The air changes per hour (ACPH) ranges wildly based on:
o Ventilation: Values may be obtained from the HVAC maintainer that routinely
(typically every third year or so) tests the ventilation of the residence.
o Insulation leakage: Measured with a standard blower door test.
 Cubic meters: The volume of the room, excluding the bathroom that should be
kept closed since it ventilates humidity.
 Density of air: Typically 1.2 for dry air.
 Humidity
o Current relative humidity: 20%
o Humidity needed to reach 55%: 35%
 Humidity ratio for 35%: 0.0051
For example, a typical modern apartment of 50 m2 (540 sq ft) with closed windows
(wood isolation) may consume 36.72 litres per day (9.70 U.S. gallons per day) to
raise the relative humidity from 20% to 55%: 24 * 1,53 L/h (2*1×125×1.2×0.0051):

 Air changes per hour


o Ventilation: 2
o Insulation leakage: 1 (a few windows)
 Cubic meters: 125 m³ (50 m² * 2.5 m height)
 Density of air: Typically 1.2 for dry air.
 Humidity
o Current relative humidity: 20%
o Humidity needed to reach 55%: 35%
 Humidity ratio for 35%: 0.0051
Prevention of low indoor humidity[edit]
Low humidity may occur in hot, dry desert climates, or indoors in artificially heated
spaces. In winter, especially when cold outside air is heated indoors, the humidity
may drop to as low as 10–20%. A relative humidity of 30% to 50% is recommended
for most homes.[1]
Health treatment[edit]

 Prevention of dermatitis: Low humidity can cause adverse health effects and may
cause atopic dermatitis,[2] and seborrhoeic dermatitis.[3]
o Management of hair loss: Commonly, patients with seborrhoeic
dermatitis experience mild redness, scaly skin lesions and in some
cases hair loss.[4]
 Prevention of dry mucous membranes and cough: By drying out mucous
membranes such as the lining of the nose and throat, it may also lead to a
snoring problem, and can cause respiratory distress.[5]
 Prevention of dry eye syndrome.
 Improved apparent temperature: The heat index and humidex measure the effect
of humidity on the perception of temperatures above +27 °C (81 °F). In humid
conditions, the air feels much hotter, because less perspiration evaporates from
the skin.
Improved climate for material[edit]
Low humidity can affect wooden furniture, causing shrinkage and loose joints or
cracking of pieces.[6] Books, papers, and artworks may shrink or warp and become
brittle in very low humidity.[7]
In addition, static electricity may become a problem in conditions of low humidity,
destroying semiconductor devices, causing static cling of textiles, and causing dust
and small particles to stick stubbornly to electrically charged surfaces.

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