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Incubators for cultivation of living cells require stable parameters of their surrounding atmosphere. These parameters include temperature, level of carbon dioxide and humidity. Humidity is the most sensible respective to influences, as opening the incubators's door. Recent development of incubators aims to re-establish a high level of humidity in less than 10 minutes by applying active humidification solutions. The present work compares three methods for re-establishing saturation, which are tested extensively to prove their feasibility. Therefore three types of humidifiers - ultrasonic nebulizing, influx of moisturized air and vapour humidifcation - are compared in time consumption for re-establishing saturation, quality of equal distribution of humidity, reduction of contamination, power consumption and costs. Furthermore the feasibility of utilizing these humidifiers for integration of an in-line decontamination and/or sterilisation procedures is evaluated.