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Re: A success story

Posted by Cue Miller on December 20, 2001 at 13:01:49:

In Reply to: Re: A success story posted by ChuckS on December 20, 2001 at 10:29:08:

Right. No argument. I'm not saying that heating the hose would increase the humidity. However, because the air becomes warmer in the hose if the hose is heated in some way, this air is capable of holding more water vapor than if it was cold. (In fact, if the air in the hose was cold, it would condense the water vapor back into liquid).

So in our situation, the supply of water vapor constantly evaporated into the chamber by the heated humidifier continues to raise the humidity inside the warmed hose at least until it becomes saturated -- and in addition does not condense against the sides of the hose because they are warm as well.

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