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Posted by Neon John on April 17, 2007, 3:16 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:06:13 -0700, RW Salnick
>BobG inscribed in red ink for all to know:
>> Lets say we are crusing down the hiway using 40hp to push thru the
>> air. Another 40hp is blowing out the tailpipe and another 40hp is
>> exiting thru the radiator. Exhaust gas temp is 400-500 deg F.... Seems
>> like that would boil water. If we could recover 30% of that 30KW of
>> heat in the exhaust, it could charge batteries, etc. Anyone know how
>> to do this? I think all the steam engineers are retired arent they?
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>Bruce Crower does...
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>http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060227/FREE/302270007/1023/THISWEEKSISSUE
*Sigh*
"The engine has yet to operate against a load on a dyno, but his
testing to date encourages Crower to expect that once he gets hard
numbers, the engine will show normal levels of power on substantially
less fuel, and without overheating. "
Another backyard tinkerer who doesn't understand basic thermodynamics
and is repeating the past.
This "technology" is not new. I see references to it in my dead tree
library as far back as 75-80 years ago. The Army airforce and NACA
took another look in the WWII era as a method of boosting economy of
both stationary and aviation engines. Water injection showed some
promise in very large low speed fixed and marine engines but not
enough to warrant the complexity.
John
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Cleveland, Occupied TN
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