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Why is air pumped through the chamber instead of just letting the fuel use the air that is

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Because water can absorb a lot of heat without significant changes in temperature, it can prevent change in the temperature, and therefore pressure, of the compressed air.To maintain a constant temperature, we again pass the compressed air through the same chambers, this time letting it take up heat from the water

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