Dehumidification of Air for Submarine and Closed Spaces in Ships - Design of Hoppers for Calcium Chloride or Other Desiccants

Abstract

This report describes the experimental work on several types of apparatus devised to make use of the solid desiccants described in previous reports to dehumidify closed spaces aboard ship. As a result of these experiments a simply constructed hopper using lump calcium chloride is recommended for the majority of uses. Incidental experiments proved that in a closed compartment there is much more water absorbed on the rusty walls than is contained in the air of the compartment and hence that the amount of desiccant required is greater than would be calculated from humidity tables and the volume of the space.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 04, 1936
Accession Number
AD1152164

Entities

People

  • J. O. Clayton

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Calcium
  • Calcium Compounds
  • Chlorides
  • Containers
  • Desiccants
  • Diameters
  • Efficiency
  • Electric Motors
  • Engineering
  • Humidity
  • Hygrometers
  • Iron
  • Magnesium Compounds
  • Materials
  • Ships
  • Water Vapor

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space