[Gasification] OT - Six Stroke Engine

[Daniel Chisholm]

On Sun, 2007-10-06 at 17:13 +1200, doug.williams wrote:
> drive along at 50 kms/hr in third gear (of four), with the engine over 3,000 
> RPM at times. Engine exhaust temperature was 750C, gas cooling started at 
> 550C. It drove like a pig, to quote them!  The same engine on their 
> generator, runs at 1,500RPM, and the gas cooling starts at 360C. They too 
> posed the question of why stick to 2,500RPM as the limiting factor.

Hi Doug,

I haven't before seen the term "gas cooling" as you use it above, and
can't really figure out what effect it is you are describing..... help?

(I also don't understand why they needed to drive their truck in this
manner - was it working even worse in higher gears and lower RPMs?)

Cheers,

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- Daniel
Fredericton, NB  Canada