Gizmo Quiz #51

[defanjos]

Here it is:
Gizmo # 51 [siternetusa.com] (corrected - it is quiz #51 - could a moderator change the title?)

What is it exactly?
What does it do?

[edited by: defanjos at 6:52 pm (utc) on Oct. 5, 2002]

[defanjos]

>Is water pumped into it?
no
>Is air pumped into it?
no

[mivox]

Does any fluid or gas pass in and out of it?

[edited by: mivox at 7:05 pm (utc) on Oct. 5, 2002]

[Key_Master]

Sometimes it's referred to as TXV.

[jatar_k]

thermostatic expansion valve - had to look it up

[defanjos]

>Does any fluid or gas pass in and out of it?
yes

>Sometimes it's referred to as TXV.
well, I don't know what TXV is either.

thermostatic expansion valve?
like I said above, no, it is not a valve?

You are all cold, although Mivox is already above freezing.

[mivox]

Above freezing before anyone else... that's a first. ;)

OK, is it a fluid that passes in and out of it, or is it a gas?

[jatar_k]

would you usually find one of these, or many, in its given environment?

[JonB]

msut be some kind of pump for sure, i see opening at the top whcih appear small holes.hm... jsut loud thinking :)

[Robert Charlton]

Anything to do with supercooled gases?

[defanjos]

>OK, is it a fluid that passes in and out of it, or is it a gas?
I believe it is a gas when it gets to the gizmo, but at some point it is a liquid.

[startup]

A mixer.
Does a liquid or a gas pass though it?

[defanjos]

not a mixer

>Anything to do with supercooled gases?
Can you be more specific?

[Robert Charlton]

Is it some sort of a valve that prevents liquified gases and gases still in a gaseous state from mixing?

[JonB]

maybe it is pump that makes liquid oxygen for divers. or any other high pressure liquid from gas maker?

[Robert Charlton]

>>Can you be more specific?<<

Messages crossed there... When a gas is cold enough, it becomes a liquid. I'd say at the liquid nitrogen range would be cold enough to satisfy what I mean... not getting way down to 2-degrees Kelvin or anything.

[Robert Charlton]

It looks more like it would be a pressure valve than a pump... maybe even a pressure relief valve.

[defanjos]

It does not use liquid nitrogen?

[korkus2000]

It does not use liquid nitrogen?

does it or doesn't it?

[defanjos]

Guys and Gals, it is not a valve of any kind.

[john316]

It looks like it could be a corkscrew/controlled breathing type thing for wine.

[defanjos]

>It does not use liquid nitrogen?

sorry about the question mark, it is not supposed to be there.

Correction: It does not use liquid nitrogen.

[4crests]

anything to do with Carbon Dioxide?

[jatar_k]

exhaust port from some type of liquid to gas conversion?

[JonB]

well, what about oxigen to liquid maker for divers. or steam boiler (steam comes out at the top holes)

[defanjos]

anything to do with Carbon Dioxide?
no

nothing to do with wine production

does not convert anything

nothing to do with diving

Hint:
On my previous responses I already included a key word

[mivox]

Is the cutaway chamber sealed (when it's not cut-away of course), forcing the substance to pass solely through the two small tube coming out the back? Or does the substance have some other avenue of passage (in which case, where is that additional opening)?

[korkus2000]

So is there state conversion while gas/liquid pass through it?

[JonB]

i bet the keyword is "freezing". maybe artificial snow maker?

[edited by: JonB at 7:46 pm (utc) on Oct. 5, 2002]

[4crests]

is evaporation involved?

[4crests]

is something frozen involved?