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| Thread ID: 110045 | 2010-06-01 10:12:00 | 6 Stoke Engine | rebels181 (14841) | PC World Chat |
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| 1105735 | 2010-06-01 10:12:00 | I know it's been around for awhile but it's the first I've heard of it. www.damninteresting.com Crower invites us to imagine a car or truck (he speaks of a Bonneville streamliner, too) free of a radiator and its associated air ducting, fan, plumbing, coolant weight, etc. “Especially an 18-wheeler, they’ve got that massive radiator that weighs 800, 1000 pounds. Not necessary,” he asserts. “In those big trucks, they look at payload as their bread and butter. If you get 1000 lb. or more off the truck I thought water and petrol/diesel don't mix to well. |
rebels181 (14841) | ||
| 1105736 | 2010-06-01 10:37:00 | I can't imagine that there's much water left after it all turns to steam. Great concept. It seems like a bit of a steam engine... If you could collect the steam vapour, you could recondense it, and re-use it, saving a bit on the water required. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1105737 | 2010-06-01 10:41:00 | I thought water and petrol/diesel don't mix to well. I'm not sure where you see this as a problem. I think it was saying the technology could be used in petrol or diesel engines. |
wotz (335) | ||
| 1105738 | 2010-06-01 10:41:00 | Not a lot of petrol or diesel left after the combustion and exhaust strokes either. Biggest problem - How are they going to tax the water? People would be using bootleg water. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1105739 | 2010-06-01 10:45:00 | very interesting indeed. I had the same thought as you - how does he ensure the steam is all expelled from the chamber instead of some of it condensing again & mixing with the fuel? | Greven (91) | ||
| 1105740 | 2010-06-01 11:19:00 | It will take very little running before the minimum combustion chamber temperature is above the dew point, and water vapour in the incoming charge can do little harm, if the steam condenses it may drop the temperature enough to aid in getting a little more air in on the induction stroke. Dunno about exhaust system corrosion though. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1105741 | 2010-06-01 11:21:00 | Wouldnt matter if a little residual water left as water meths injection into aircraft engines boosted power. The water makes the air more dense so you can add more fuel for the same ratio. Same reason your car seems to go (and is ) better at night Only downfall I can see is how much water it would burn. Lucas could sell Lucas 6 stroke water in nice green cans |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1105742 | 2010-06-01 11:23:00 | Lucas water wouldn't work. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1105743 | 2010-06-01 11:23:00 | shock and horror | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1105744 | 2010-06-01 11:29:00 | Lucas petrol can usefully be employed in Pyrene extinguishers. It doesn't do the drycleaning or brass cleaning tricks of carbon tet., it is just as good for putting out fires though. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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