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To: Moltke

A simple water separator would not solve the problem. If it would, race car drivers wouldn’t have to underinflate their tires and wait for them to warm up to get full pressure. They would simply put in dry air. It may be possible to get all of the water out of air, but a simple separator won’t do that.


100 posted on 07/07/2019 1:26:18 PM PDT by FXRP (Cogito, ergo Spam!)
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To: FXRP

Did you read the first sentence of my response? OF COURSE nitrogen or any gas will expand with increasing temperature and hence increase pressure.

Charles’s law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles’s_law

But if there is moisture (= water) in the gas it will add a non-linear component to the expansion.


104 posted on 07/07/2019 2:01:51 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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