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

[Jigme Rangdrol]

Sorry, Horsepower is what I was thinking.
The number is still odd.

My little black book says
"1BTU = .001286 Foot-Pounds"





Jeff Davis wrote:



>1 Btu = 778.2 ft. lbs 
>Julius Robert Mayer and James Prescott Joule, about 1842.
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>On Saturday 13 May 2006 03:55 pm, you wrote:
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>>I would prefer: the pressure moves the piston!!!!
>>Work=F.dx
>>F=P.A
>>The heat is responsible for the pressure rise...
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>>Quoting Jeff Davis <jeff0124 at velocity.net>:
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>>>Dear Col and list,
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>>>Some would say that mean old Mr Heat moves the Piston.
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>>>On Thursday 11 May 2006 10:55 am, col wrote:
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>>>>      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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