"but the high performance folks who take part in tractor and truck pulls use water injection as a method of gaining more horsepower. Water injected into the cylinder thru the air intake would flash into steam in the combustion chamber. The rapid expansion of gasses would produce more work."
Isn't that rather a case of keeping EGTs down in order to run more boost? -Dawie ________________________________ From: Randy Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tue, 7 June, 2011 18:33:56 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Emulsion fuels (diesel) when I was repairing large diesel engines, a common problem to be fixed was water in the fuel that damaged the injector tips. Granted that was in the days when diesel injectors were built very similar to a syringe where fluid filled a cylinder and was injected by cam action and a plunger. After replacing the missing injector tip, we hoped that the unattached metal parts didnt bend a valve, destroy a valve seat or wipe out the turbocharger when it exited the engine. but the high performance folks who take part in tractor and truck pulls use water injection as a method of gaining more horsepower. Water injected into the cylinder thru the air intake would flash into steam in the combustion chamber. The rapid expansion of gasses would produce more work. > Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 09:56:18 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org > Subject: [Biofuel] Emulsion fuels (diesel) > > Does anyone have any experience with water-diesel emulsion fuel? If so, > what is your experience with it? > > I am working with a group that is just starting investigation of one > variety. We got a sample of the emulsified fuel, and burned it in open > air and then did the same with regular diesel. The emulsified fuel > seemed to burn cooler and with much less soot. This was a 30% water, > 70% diesel mix. (The emulsifier agent is apparently about 1/100th of 1% > of the volume.) > > I expect we'll be doing more investigation, but I was looking for > knowledge already acquired by others. > > I guess it's time to dig the old Lombardini diesel I salvaged a few > years ago and see if I can get it to go. Not only will it allow me to > do some testing (regular, bio and emulsified diesel), but it is part of > my long-range plan for charging the 12-volt battery bank for household > backup power. > > So many projects, so little time. > > -- > Darryl McMahon > Author, The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20110607/78e7b979/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20110607/344c122a/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
