1.6 DRYING BUILDINGS & CONTENTS

Question 1

What can also be done to aid drying when vacuuming carpets?

Answer 1

Special tools that also remove liquid when vacuuming carpets

Question 2

What do you want liquid to turn into and why?

Answer 2

Gas so you can collect it in a dehumidifier or vent to the outside

Question 3

To evaporate a gram of water into the air, how many watts per second does it require?

Answer 3

2,257 watts per second

Question 4

How do you supply enough energy to replace this heat loss in order to progress the drying?

Answer 4

1. Localise the output of warm dry air from your dehum by tenting wet surfaces
2. Use infrared heaters directed at wet surfaces
3. Microwave energy to provide heat
4. Trailer-mounted equipment that will produce massive amounts of heat energy to raise & maintain the temp of a building at a high level