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Engineering calculation of the thermodynamic properties for cycle simulation and design requires simple but reliable models. This has been proved to be of importance for the research and development on humidified gas turbines, such as humid air turbine (HAT) cycles and compressed air energy storage (CAES). This paper has made a comprehensive review and comparison among different models for calculating thermodynamic properties of the humid air mixtures, including ideal gas model (IG), ideal mixing model (IM), and real gas model (RG); and based on temperature and pressure range, gave quantitative evaluations on saturated water vapor composition and enthalpy. Based on performance conditions of an HAT cycle, several suggestions were given for the use of the today's available models for engineering cycle calculations, which can provide accurate results for cycle performance analysis and design while keeping the methods straightforward.