KC 135s and I believe B-52s use water injection. Wilton can explain this better than I can.
For take off with heavy loads, they inject water into the engines for a power boost. Harry On Dec 17, 2007 10:37 PM, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
