When moist air passes through a cooling coil, the potential exists for that moisture to condense on the coil's surface. The temperature at which that occurs is known as the condensing temperature or the dew point.
When condensation occurs, the temperature of the resulting condensate is known as the condensate temperature, often called wet-bulb temperature. While these terms are frequently used interchangeably, the results of a recent study conducted by SRC’s R&D team could indicate that the value for each is not always the same.