Yes - water that's in liquid form, whether fog or mist, or what ever should give more cylinder pressure when heated by combustion (or even compression). I don't think that just high humidity would improve performance though - perhaps some imperial testing is in order?
On Dec 17, 2007 9:29 AM, MG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don, > > The water to steam conversion should hold in any case, and it should > make a bit of difference though how much I don't know (my cars both > diesel and gas seem to run a bit better with more power when it is > foggy). The fog droplets are still water and when heated to above 100deg > C will expand. Something like 10 times in volume I think. > > The steam that we see from a steam locomotive is that same high volume > vapor recondensed to water droplets in the cooler, below 100Deg C, air > after it has done the job in the cylinder. There were some steam > locomotives that even collected and recondensed that used steam in the > tender using big radiators. The water was then reused to produce steam > again. The train didn't have to stop so often to get more water as only > leakage had to be replaced. > > So as long as you can see it it can be heated and the expansion to a > higher volume made use of. > > Probably more than anyone wanted to know about steam and water! > > Manfred -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." -Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
