Ultraviolet Light Accelerated Aging Test chamber: Humid Condensation Environment and Water Spray System
Mar 05, 2025
In many outdoor environments, materials can be exposed to humidity for up to 12 hours a day. Research shows that the main factor causing this outdoor humidity is dew, rather than rainwater. The Accelerated Aging Test chamber simulates the outdoor humid erosion through its unique condensation function. During the condensation cycle of the test, the water in the reservoir at the bottom of the test chamber is heated to generate hot steam, which fills the entire test chamber. The hot steam maintains the relative humidity in the test chamber at 100% and keeps a relatively high temperature. The sample is fixed on the side wall of the test chamber, so that the test surface of the sample is exposed to the ambient air inside the test chamber. The outer side of the sample is exposed to the natural environment, which has a cooling effect, resulting in a temperature difference between the inner and outer surfaces of the sample. This temperature difference leads to the continuous generation of condensed liquid water on the test surface of the sample throughout the condensation cycle.
Since the exposure time to humidity during outdoor exposure can be as long as more than ten hours a day, a typical condensation cycle generally lasts for several hours. The Accelerated Aging Tester provides two methods for simulating humidity. The most widely used method is the condensation method, which is the best way to simulate outdoor humid erosion. All Accelerated Aging Tester models can run the condensation cycle. Because some application conditions also require the use of water spray to achieve the actual effect, some models can run both the condensation cycle and the water spray cycle.
For certain applications, water spray can better simulate the final usage environmental conditions. Water spray is very effective in simulating the thermal shock or mechanical erosion caused by sudden temperature changes and the scouring of rainwater. Under certain actual application conditions, for example, in the sunlight, when the accumulated heat dissipates rapidly due to a sudden shower, the temperature of the material will change sharply, resulting in thermal shock, which is a test for many materials. The water spray of the chamber can simulate thermal shock and/or stress corrosion. The spray system has 12 nozzles, with 6 nozzles on each side of the test chamber. The spray system can run for a few minutes and then be turned off. This short period of water spraying can quickly cool the sample, creating the conditions for thermal shock.
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