<div dir="ltr"><div>Google a compressor called "Shoebox".  Not sure if it could be adapted for subs as I seem to recall it needs a pressurised feed, but its really small and pumps to 300bar.</div><div> </div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 June 2016 at 06:34, T Novak via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA" vlink="purple" link="blue"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Alan,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">8L/min/person at rest per DAN.   7.5L/min/person at rest per tech article "A Guide to Breathing Rates in Confined Environments".  These two are at 1atm.  The SportSub Training Manual states 80cfm for two persons and 120cfm for three, which is about 37.7L/min for two, which is close to Herve's quote.  Anyway, the design calls for two compressors each capable of providing sufficient airflow for two resident plus one visiting occupants.  The more the better unless the hiss cannot be easily muffled.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Brownies make intriguing hookahs, but they are meant to feed demand second stage regulators.  They could likely be modified to freeflow.  I would think that even vegetable oil has to be filtered out if not prevented entirely from the breathing gas.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Tim<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentColor currentColor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> Personal_Submersibles [mailto:<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alan James via Personal_Submersibles<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 12, 2016 7:01 PM<span><br><b>To:</b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br></span><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fw:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div class="h5"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Tim,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">is that 8 liters per minute per person?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">I was told by Herve Jaubert that it was 20 liters for an ambient submarine,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">would have thought a habitat would be similar.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">You could Google Hookah's ( not to be confused with Hooker's) & see what<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">compressors / pumps they are using. I think dive compressors run on vegetable oil.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Cheers Alan<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div class="h5"><div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;text-align:center"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><hr width="100%" size="1" align="center"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">From:</span></b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="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