Eric, according to my understanding of gasses, volume expansion by itself does not produce heat, instead heat is absorbed as mechanical energy is produced. I think of this as being the inverse of what is seen when a piston compresses a gas. The gas has mechanical energy imparted into it and it gets warmer. The higher temperature gas then allows heat to flow from it into the cooler surroundings.
Normal gasoline engines operate on the high pressure gases that are generated when the fuel burns causing an increase to its temperature. Do you know of another mechanism that can cause the pressure to increase without the addition of heat? The most obvious example is to multiply the number of individual gas particles contained within the cylinder. Could it be possible to break diatomic atoms into individuals, like N2 gas into two N atoms, on a temporary basis? The purpose of this posting is to crack open the thought processes of our vortex members. There must be some physical process behind the operation of a Papp engine that is not normally encountered and perhaps a bit of speculation could offer an understanding of that process. Of course, many vorts like myself are skeptical of the Papp engine itself. There is no need to define something that does not actually exist. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Oct 12, 2015 11:38 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Electron-mediated alpha decay in quasi-stable isotopes I would like to draw an interesting cross-connection to the discussion below. There was a suggestion one time that Papp used an alpha emitter in his noble gas fuel. Perhaps his engine operated by stimulating he decay of this alpha emitter, and any quasi-stable alpha emitters that might have been present as well. Would such a process be sufficient to explain what was going on -- volumetric expansion and little heat? Eric snip-------
