Moisture Measurement Guide for Building Envelope Applications
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Abstract
Moisture measurement is an important consideration in building envelope investigations because of moisture impact on the performance and durability of buildings. This document reviews literature and describes moisture measurement methods for field monitoring applications of building envelopes with emphasis on continuous monitoring applications. Example measurements and guidance on applications of moisture measurement methods are also presented. Reviewed measurement methods are grouped according to measurement principles (resistance-, voltage-, capacitance-, microwave-, or thermal-based methods). Moisture measurement methods have various capabilities. Some moisture measurement methods are used to warn of excessive moisture conditions in the building envelope particularly in hidden or difficult to access areas. Other methods can quantify moisture content for some materials such as timber, while providing comparative moisture measurements for other building materials. Calibration data and temperature correction factors are readily available for various timber species. For other building materials, calibration data are quite limited, and in this case, sensors could only indicate changes in material wetness.Resistance and voltage-based sensors are most suitable for continuous monitoring applications. They can be readily connected to a data logging system. Voltage-based moisture sensors are usually used to measure time-of-wetness of surfaces. Their main weakness is durability, which can be quite short in outdoor applications. Resistance-based sensors are used to monitor changes in wetness level within materials as well as time-of-wetness of surfaces. They are durable and can be fabricated in-house. Their challenge is for an instrumentation system that can measure a wide range of electrical resistance from few ohms to several hundred M . Alternatively, electric resistances can be measured indirectly in terms of voltage using a half-bridge electric circuit.
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