Effect of Air Tightness

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Effect of Air Tightness

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Could anyone tell me if heat and moisture transfer rates are affected by selecting different air tightness values
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Re: Effect of Air Tightness

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The surface transfer is not affected at interior and exterior surface...

The moisture in the assembly normally is slightly increased (it's handled as a moisture source) and following the diffusion transport from inside slightly reduced due to smaller gradients, and to the outside increased due to bigger gradients.

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