Re: Forced Gas Quenching

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 


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 > Original poster: "Richard Modistach" <hambone-at-dodo-dot-com.au>
 >
 > the heat exchanger needs to be after the compressor
 > as the temp. of the gas is raised during compression
 > although a heat exchanger before the pump probably
 > wouldn't go astray as it would raise the efficency of the
 > pump. however the discussion is moot, the pump from a
 > household or even decent commercial refridgerator is
 > no where near capable of delivering the volume required.
 >
 > regards
 > richard
 > aus

Standard mechanical refrigeration also makes heavy use of the phase change
between liquid and gas to make the pumping work less.
The cold gas is at low pressure, exactly the opposite of what you want for a
spark gap.


However, this brings up an interesting idea... what about using superheated
steam as your gas?