I've really enjoyed this link. A lot of Mr. Wizzard stuff but it all comes down to *Running on Tap Water*. It will ruin your cooling system. As fuel it would ruin your engine ............... try testing a gallon of it in a glass 1 gallon pickle jar and after two days and you see the crudd in the bottom of the jar you'll wonder who can drink the stuff. And guys that's a *thermodynamic fact*. Stan Wilder
On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 17:24:26 +0100 Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM> writes: > Can I just add one thing to that diatribe - please: > > > > The thermodynamic facts to take way here are: > > 1) An ideal compressor is Isothermal (no heat addition during > compression) > > 2) An ideal Engine is Adiabatic (no heat loss during compression) > > and 3) The theoretical efficiency of a heat engine is a function > solely of > one thing -the difference between the starting and finishing > temperatures. > Any analogies you can think of? > > So aircraft cruise as high as they can (ATC permitting), as low > intake temps > are vital for efficiciency, regardless of the low air density and > pressure, > which is in fact an aerodynamic boon. Their intakes design and then > efficient compressors can (easily) make up the pressure, especially > when > starting with very low temperatures. > > Clive Smith > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
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