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

[Jeff Davis]

1 Btu = 778.2 ft. lbs 
Julius Robert Mayer and James Prescott Joule, about 1842.



On Saturday 13 May 2006 03:55 pm, you wrote:
> I would prefer: the pressure moves the piston!!!!
> Work=F.dx
> F=P.A
> The heat is responsible for the pressure rise...
>
> Quoting Jeff Davis <jeff0124 at velocity.net>:
> > 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 .
> >
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Jeff Davis
Somewhere 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
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