A water vapor saturator utilizing an aspirator is described. In the process of evacuation by the aspirator, the air is carried by a water stream, hence, the air passed through the aspirator is probably saturated with water vapor, the role of the aspirator in the saturator being to transfer the air and to saturate it with water vapor.
The mixture of water and air discharged from the aspirator is separated in a vessel-The water in the vessel is flowed back to the aspirator by a circulating pump. It is observed that the air discharged with water from the aspirator passes through water as rather small. bubbles.
The performance of the aspirator saturator is examined by using a psychrometer of temperature-difference and temperature type with a least necessary air velocity of very small value. The data of dew point of the air obtained by the aspirator saturator are presented and are compared with that of the air obtained by the bubbling saturator.