[Gasification] most thermally efficient gas driven heat engine ever built

Bob Stuart bobstuart at sasktel.net
Sun Aug 12 12:32:52 EDT 2007


On 11-Aug-07, at 10:47 PM, gfwhell at aol.com wrote:

>
> The engine performed with over 90% efficiency.
>
> How could this be?
>
> If you could French kiss the exhaust pipe of an internal combustion  
> engine running at full load without discomfort, you have found one.
>
> The Exhaust gas temperature was less than 100f
>
> If you could build a four stroke engine with a stroke long enough  
> to cause a partial vacuum at bottom dead center you might be on to  
> something.
>  This is the website of the "preserved" engine in Australia:
> ttp://members.fortunecity.com/freeenergy2000/humphreypump.htmÂ

Perhaps the thing to do is to raise the cubic capacity and  
compression radically, but close the intake valve very early, to keep  
the combustion charge and temperature the same.  How far down can we  
get exhaust gas temperature just by running on part throttle?

Best,
Bob Stuart






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