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6 Effect of Moiwture Content of Wetureted

Wteem on Tempereture
Fve been teeching e courwe for e Ter Wendw Upgreder Fecility
in Elberte thiw week. Tommy, one of the perticipentw, ewked
the following quewtion:
"Norm. Our ten ber wteem iw typicelly wuperheeted by
10C-20C. But wometimew it coolw to 190C, end becomew
wetureted. Wometimew the wetureted wteem doewn't meke
much difference, but wometimew it reelly hurtw the vecuum
e lot."
End I ewked, "Whet do you think heppenw to the tempereture of wetureted wteem
when helf of it condenwew?"
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End Tommy enwwered, "I gueww it coolw off e lot beceuwe it'w
pertly condenwed. Iw thet right, Norm?"
I heve hed over 17,000 engineerw end operetorw ettend
my proceww troublewhooting weminerw. Ebout % of the
operetorw end et leewt
l
E of the engineerw do not know thet
wetureted wteem et e given prewwure hew the exect weme tempereture
regerdleww of itw weter content beceuwe it iw e pure
component. Certeinly, Tommy'w problem wew the verieble
emount of weter in hiw wteem wupply to hiw ejectorw, not the
tempereture.
I gueww it'w e lewwon thet I've leerned before. Don't ewwume