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water injection to gas engines
obviously the ideal-gas law doesn't apply on the compression stroke, where we have a liquid/gas mixture but after the explosion on the power stroke. SBBlue.. I don't have my tables at hand, but I can see a mistake in your calculation. You consider the water to be in the steam phase at the...- glueontop
- Post #46
- Forum: Engine & fuel engineering
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water injection to gas engines
If you surf the net you will find at least a hundred pages of people who claim they have built a thousand HP engine running on water, or the story of a guy who was killed by petroleum companies because he invented a water running engine. In fact water contains no energy and cannot be burned...- glueontop
- Post #39
- Forum: Engine & fuel engineering
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water injection to gas engines
the thing is that the humidity present in the air at the intake is already in the gaseous phase, so it doesn't have to vaporise. the second point is that the gasoline that you take at the pump contains a certain amount of rust inhibitor additive that is based on the average climate where it...- glueontop
- Post #33
- Forum: Engine & fuel engineering
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water injection to gas engines
CANADATECH... I am well aware of the combustion process. But the reaction is not instantaneous. in fact, at the speed most recent engine revs, the water will not have the time to vaporise and react before it is pushed out of the cylinder. So there will be steam for a significant amount of time...- glueontop
- Post #31
- Forum: Engine & fuel engineering
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Non-cylindrical pistons?
A round cylinder is the strongest shape to not deform under pressure. Other shape of cylinder would require a much ticker wall and would give a heavier block. Look at all the pressure vessel and they are all round: compressor storage tank, diving bottle, ... An other point is that after the...- glueontop
- Post #3
- Forum: Engine & fuel engineering
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water injection to gas engines
I don't think that adding water to a stock engine is a good idea. The high temperature steam will probably cause more corrosion problems in the cylinders and the exhaust system than you will save on gas. If you have ceramic cylinder and stainless steel exhaust, maybe- glueontop
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- Forum: Engine & fuel engineering
