A STUDY OF THE RAPID SATURATION OF LALUMES OF GAS,

Abstract

Six plexiglass vaporizers which incorporate air injected tangentially into a circular base con taining water were tested over a wide range of flow rates. One model, an eight-by-eight-inch circular, truncated cone with a twelve-inch-tall chimney, successfully produced saturated air at rates between 0.0522 lbm/sec to 0.0826 lbm/sec (40 to 60 cu. ft/min). A qualitative analysis of this device is presented which is successful in describing the flow processes involved. Furthermore, an analysis of the data obtained indicates the feasibility of a gravity-feed reservoir, with an entry tap under the rotating water, as a method of replenishing water by evaporation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0419595

Entities

People

  • David Michael Hickman

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Evaporation
  • Flow Rate
  • Isothermal Processes
  • Phase Transformations
  • Reservoirs
  • Saturation

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Mathematics or Statistics