Temperature swing of 2.6 F was obtained during steady state conditions for the bundle on March 28th. The adobe building came equipped with wet bulb, dry bulb and room radiant monitoring equipment. These data points, bale thermocouple and heat flux sensors were wired into the Omega portable datalogger, Model OM-372. Data was transferred to spreadsheet using Lotus and computations and graphing performed by QuatroPro. Average reading values were used for computations and graphing.
Thermocouple are T-type, blue and red insulation.
Calibration of thermocouple was performed using a calorimetric thermometer graduated at .2 degrees from 0 to 214 degrees F, a corrections table generated and applied to the data logger. Bale bundles were the heart of the testing, for bales making up a bundle. Bundles were produced in a systematic procedure. Plastic milk cartons were used to elevated the bundles from the conduction of the adobe building brick floor. Banding straps were placed on top of the milk cartons and taped in place for future banding requirements.