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<div>Steve,</div><div>I read somewhere that the scrubber needs to be two times as tall as it is wide. I have followed that rule ever since. Then the theory about as long a soak time as possible comes into play. My feeling is that that is only important with a closed system like a re-breather. I base that on Gamma's original scrubber witch was about 10 inches in dia and 6 inches tall with an open top and a hurricane force fan drawing air through it. It makes sense to me that it does not matter how long the soak time is in a submarine environment as long as you have air flow over the media. I would do what you have to to make it fit, then play with flow rates. The key to a good scrubber seems to be to use good media, like Soda Sorb HP</div><div>Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, November 23, 2017, 8:06:42 AM MST, Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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--></style><div><div class="yiv5199780116WordSection1"><p class="yiv5199780116MsoNormal">All, I am considering reducing the dimensions (length) of my scrubber to fit into a vertical mounting arrangement in my K-250. I believe I have a pretty good handle on sorting out the impact to the performance with the exception of residence/contact time. </p><p class="yiv5199780116MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv5199780116MsoNormal">I know the Reynolds factor for my media, chamber length, diameter and the flow rate from the fan.</p><p class="yiv5199780116MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv5199780116MsoNormal">Anyone have a general formula?</p><p class="yiv5199780116MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv5199780116MsoNormal">Steve</p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br></div>
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