[Gasification] A new steam engine ?

[Philippe Raufast]

>WOW!  When was the last time heat energy at 3700 C was considered "low
>grade"?

of course you should read 370 !
for some reason listserv replace the degree symbol with a zero.
(when i send an email containing the degree symbol to myself, it come back OK, not as a zero)
sometimes, international communication is not that easy.
Hopefully, its was not highly strategical data, some wars have begun for less...
If you read the provided link in my initial post, you will read it correctly.

>
>I don't know of any internal combustion engine that has exhaust gas at 3700
>C, possibly a ramjet but 3700 C is 6692 F.  Anyone know of an engine
>material currently in use that will stand up to that temperature?  I'm not
>even sure a ceramic would be stable at those temps.
>
>Did they print an extra zero?  Since they talk about being super critical
>water, I don't think that is a misprint.
>
>I'm all for recovering exhaust energy and turning it into useful rotary
>motion but this little post below looses credibility with numbers that
>aren't realistic.
>
>A typical IC engine at heavy load will have exhaust temps around 1500 F,
>possibly higher depending on the setup.  Obviously the combustion temps
>inside the combustion chamber ARE much higher for a very brief moment
>(2-4000 F?) but how would one go from a typical at-the-port temp of 1500 F
>to 3700 C?  That is a magnificent flux-capacitor if they can "concentrate
>heat" to achieve those numbers.
>
>What am I missing?
>
>Dan Nicoson