[Gasification] Re: Gasification Digest, Vol 22, Issue 11

[Jeff Davis]

No heat......No expansion

Jeff


On Friday 12 May 2006 08:19 pm, Mark Ludlow wrote:
> In an internal combustion engine, gas does not "explode"; it burns rapidly
> but at a controlled rate.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org
> [mailto:gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Arnt Karlsen
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 3:08 PM
> To: gasification at listserv.repp.org
> Subject: Re: [Gasification] Re: Gasification Digest, Vol 22, Issue 11
>
>
> On Fri, 12 May 2006 06:14:14 -0700 (PDT), Michael wrote in message
>
> <20060512131414.36768.qmail at web51307.mail.yahoo.com>:
> > Jeff Davis <jeff0124 at velocity.net> wrote:
> >   Dear Col and list,
> >
> > Some would say that mean old Mr Heat moves the Piston.
> >
> > On Thursday 11 May 2006 10:55 am, col wrote:
> > > While the flame velocity may be important in fuel efficiency,surely
> > > it is the explosion of the burnt gas in the cylinder that drives the
> > > piston,not the flame velocity .
> >
> > True. I would add that the two are related since the rate of expansion
> > controls the load distribution on the piston during it's trip from TDC
> > to BDC in the stroke.
> >
> >   I'm a latecomer to this thread so, I apologize if I'm repeating
> >   someone else.
> >
> >   ...now, if only someone could develop an engine that produces
> >   adiabatic expansion of gasses during the power stroke and ambient
> >   temperatures at the bottom of the stroke.
>
> ..how 'bout http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~khirata/seesaw/indexe.htm ? ;o)
>
> --
> ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number
> of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
>   Scenarios always come in sets of three:
>   best case, worst case, and just in case.
>
>
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Jeff Davis
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