San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 406
R WATER the air is mixed with the maximum amount ofmoisture that it can hold at this temperature andwith more than it could hold at any lower tem-perature. This process is sufficiently important to air con-ditioning to merit examination of the mechanismof its occurrence. In Fig. 6 is shown a vessel… … insulated, so that no heat can enter or escape fromthe system. If the partition is moved to allow con-tact between the air and water (Fig. 7), part of thewater will vaporize into the air until the air is sat-urated. Heat is required to vaporize this quantityof water and, since no heat can pass…
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