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Fig. 13.2
Adiabatic saturator: Basic equipment and
T
-
v
diagram representation
By adding water in an adiabatic process to a moist airstream, the humidity ratio
can be incremented as shown by the
T
,
v
diagram of Fig.
13.2
. When a given mixture
at known pressure and temperature (pressure p and temperature
T
*) comes into
contact with water at temperature
T
w
(the example has
T
* greater than
T
w
), some of
