Drying Completion Projection (Days to Goal)
Projects how many days a material needs to reach its dry goal from the moisture-content drop observed between readings.
Example
You enter
- Current moisture content (percent) 28
- Goal moisture content (percent) 12
- Drop over the last 24 hours (points) 4
You get
- Remaining to goal 16 points
- Days to goal 4
Details, formula, and sources
The remaining points to goal and a constant-rate days-to-goal estimate, or a not-progressing flag when the daily drop stalls. Turns the drying log into a schedule. Drying is non-linear and slows near the goal; the drying-log readings and IICRC S500 govern the real pull date.
remaining_pts = current_mc_pct - goal_mc_pct; days_to_goal = remaining_pts / daily_drop_pct (constant-rate, optimistic near goal). A non-positive daily drop reports 'not progressing' rather than dividing.
Linear-trend completion projection, by name; ANSI/IICRC S500. The constant-rate projection is a field-arithmetic identity, not edition-bound.
Turns the drying-log readings into a schedule: how many days remain to the dry goal at the observed rate, and a stalled-job flag.
Estimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.
Field names used by the API: current_mc_pct, goal_mc_pct, daily_drop_pct, remaining_pts, days_to_goal
- Constant rate the projection assumes the last 24-hour drop continues; real drying slows near the goalANSI/IICRC S500
- Dry standard the goal is the unaffected reference moisture content, not an absolute numberANSI/IICRC S500