I thought the Mk16/15.5 had AXIAL scrubbers!

[teksimple]

Check out the following statement from the Mk16 manual (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/20-11/chap17.pdf - thanks Dr. Mike)

"Flow resistance is minimized in the MK 16 UBA by employing a radially-designed canister to reduce gas flow distance."

For the longest time, I thought that the Mk16 and the Mk 15.5 had an axial-designed scrubber. Thoughts? Is it a pseudo-radial, or pseudo-axial, maybe?

 

[caveseeker7]

The MK series cannisters are called annular-axial.

And the are axial, in one end, out the opposite end.
It's just that the width of the scrubber bed is larger than the depth.
That they share with radial designs (like the Prism and MK-5p).

 

[teksimple]

Thanks, caveseeker7. That would not be the first time I have seen errors in military documentation.

 

[DrMike]

Thanks, caveseeker7. That would not be the first time I have seen errors in military documentation.

The link I put up was for the older Mk16 MOD 0, Heres the MOD 1 manual with 1.3ppo2 tables.

http://www.supsalv.org/pdf/Chapter17b.pdf

Check out the updated scrubber durations for higher temp waters - big reduction