{"id":4934,"date":"2022-04-28T09:16:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T13:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armstronginternational.com\/china\/?page_id=4934"},"modified":"2022-10-13T14:48:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T14:48:39","slug":"how-evapack-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/armstronginternational.com\/china\/industries\/data-centers\/how-evapack-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How EvaPack<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Works"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":4805,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4934","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"banner_type":"medium","video":"","banner_image":10000039586,"banner_heading":"How Armstrong International's EvaPack<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Adiabatic Humidifier Series Works","banner_subhead":"","banner_paragraph":"","button_link":"","button_label":"","modules":[{"module":"full","content_type_1":"narrow","padding":"pad-bottom","background":"none","image_position":false,"image_1":null,"image_2":null,"video_file":null,"color":"","font_color":"","section_heading":"","module_content_1":"<h3>The adiabatic process is simple, natural and extremely efficient.<\/h3>\r\nEvaPack<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> converts liquid water to water vapor using the adiabatic process. 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