Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:58:04 -0300
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From: Various <AllStuff@HANS-WILLY.MYIP.ORG>
Subject: Re: Running on Tap Water
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Please let me preface my remarks by saying that I am skeptical to the point
of disbelief whenever someone claims to have invented a perpetual motion
machine or broken the laws of thermo dynamics...
A few tens of years ago I remember reading (in NEWSWEEK or TIME?) about
someone working on a concept about injecting a small amount of water (finely
atomized) into the hot combustion chamber, just after ignition. The theory,
as explained, was that the thermal expansion rate of the finely atomized
water was greater than the expansion rate of the combustion gases, mostly
due to the transition from liquid water to gaseous water, and therfore gave
an extra kick to the piston for "free". Exeptional gas milage was the quest,
the headline giving hope of a 100 mpg future.
The story continued about the Oil companies' concerns and wanting to buy him
out... The concept seemed to me somewhat possible, but I never heard about
the concept since (maybe the conspiracy really does exist ;~) ).
I say that this seems possible, not knowing much about the thermal expansion
curves of water (steam) and gasoline combustion gases.
I have noticed that most internal combustion engines seem to run more
smoothly in very wet weather, assuming there are no wiring concerns and that
the engine is fully warmed up, but this could be another issue altogether.
So let's see where this one goes.
Alias Fred aka Bleu Schtroumpf
-----Original Message-----
From: David Brodbeck [mailto:gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG]
Sent: 17 juillet, 2002 10:04
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Running on Tap Water
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Timothy Crooks wrote:
> I am no chemist, nor physicist, nor do I claim to be, but it has been
> demonstrated to, when I was about 14, by a chemist, that water can be used
> to make a fire burn hotter. He pointed out that there must be a fuel
> present, but when water as in the form of a steam, a true dry steam, the
> caloric output is increased.
Is it increased by more than the caloric input needed to make the steam?
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