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Old 02-28-2012, 08:07 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by drmiller100 View Post
it is an adiabatic process.
this means it takes the same energy to add 5 psi or remove 5 psi.

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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
Wrong, drawing air past a throttle is converting kinetic energy to thermal energy. It is by definition not adiabatic.

Oh Yeah! Congratulations, you're both wrong. Throttling is adiabatic, but not reversible.

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