Hey Naj,
I was asking if there were relative changes that could be made. Like would any of the following be true:
1.) Increasing the rate of evaporated fluid, lowers the temperatures.
2.) Increasing the force of vacuum (by lowering pressures), will increase the rate of evaporated fluid.
I need to stop here and explain something. We are using different techniques to evaporate our fluids. I'm using a vacuum. While you were using aeration (by forcing air into or across the fluid) to evaporate it. They are not the same.
A.) Vacuums will rely solely on the ability of the fluid to evaporate, and it's rate of evaporation.
B.) Aeration relies on the ability of a gas to release and entrain the vapor of a fluid (by blowing through or across it) and causing that fluid to evaporate.
The difference here being that for a vacuum, no additional gas is added to the fluid. While aeration adds an additional gas to the fluid. The temperature and humidity of the gas is then influential in it's ability to cause evaporation.
Continuing from above:
3.) Increasing the wick's surface area (by using a larger wick, or multiple wicks), increases the volume of water evaporated.
4.) Increasing the air flow (either by percolation or vacuum) increases the volume of vapor that can be removed in any interval of time.
5.) The material of the wick must be selected for it's ability to not only absorb liquid, but also it's ability to release the liquid contained.
Ok. Granted these may turn out to be very technical questions which have numerous variables not easily determined. Once again, I'm guilty of turning this into a science experiment. Guilty as charged!
Shingoshi
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