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Joe, This same material is available in pellet form. Some resourceful
home-built rebreather divers take a handful of the pellets and place in a
discard lady’s stocking and tied-off. This bundle is then placed in one
of the counterlungs where it soaks up the goobers that result from condensed respiration
that collects over a 1 or 2 hour dive. R/Jay Respectfully, Jay K. Jeffries Andros Is., Natura nihil fit in frustra - Nature does nothing in vain -----Original Message----- It would appear that this problem is both a common and significant
enough annoyance to warrant precisely what George is proposing...prototype and
testing. Unless someone has found an "off the shelf solution"
which Carstens posts lead me to believe, are probably non-existent or at least not effective for this application. So for my part I'd like to contribute data such as this MSDS link on
this substance... http://www.sciencestuff.com/msds/C2688.html As a medical professional, my mind leans toward watching out for
exposure hazards I have seen the crystals on my daughter on occasion, and there
is some hoopla out there about it's use in diapers but, this stuff appears
pretty benign. Most anything is pretty bad for you these days. The water absorbent properties seem too good to ignore for further
study. Still....I would take care to make sure it stays out of the air by
using it in crystal and not powder form. Joe >From: MerlinSub@t-online.de >Reply-To: >To: < >Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sodium Polyacrylate >Date: 06 Sep 2006 21:41 GMT > >I just staring my test with the Co2 scrubber >partly filled with Silikagel cristalls. > >regards Carsten > >"Smyth, Alec" <Alec.Smyth@compuware.com> schrieb: > > George, > > > > If you build a prototype dehumidifier I'll be happy to test
it for you > > in the sub. I think condensation accounts for a lot of the
maintenance > > load, as everything basically ends up soaking wet. > > > > thanks, > > > > Alec > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner- > > [mailto:owner- > > Slaterpryce > > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 3:24 PM > > To: PSUBS Mailing List > > Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sodium Polyacrylate > > > > > > Ok, I can't find a pre-fab Hummidity filter made with
this stuff > > anywhere online... I know that they are made... but my
google-fu is not > > strong on this search. > > > > SO... > > > > I thought about how you might make one. > > > > First and foremost, used product will have to be
switched out > > from time to time, so the main filter component will have to
be easy to > > get to and switch out. > > > > Second to promote condensation and from there
condensation > > inside the filter unit itself it'll have to be slightly
cooler than the > > enviroment outside the filter... Problem... small
refrigiration units > > are expensive (energy use wise) > > > > So, what I think one should do is to use a pipe with
a fan on > > the intake side and a normal air filter on the outflow side.
that > > inbetween the intake and outflow has a copper coil with a
simple > > fountain (12vdc) pump that pushes rubbing alchohol through
the pipe at > > speed. Probably accellerated via a kort like nozzle off the
pump. It > > wouldn't cool well enough for a air conditioner, but it
should promote a > > cool atmosphere inside the filter which would promote water
to condense > > within the filter. In the center of the coil which is inside
the pipe > > would be a tissue bag full of sodium polyacrylate. That once
used can > > simply be pulled out and replaced. > > > > I'm thinking of taking a break from BugEye II to
prototype this. > > Anyone interesting in providing a testbed if I do? > > > > > > George H. Slaterpryce III > > www.captovis.com > > > > The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named
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