[Land-speed] Cooling water velocity, was Electric water pumps

[John Burk]

Having an exhaust valve dedicated to steam would help that problem .


> So how would that work?  Isn't the water direct injected into the 
> combustion chamber? So wouldn't you have to somehow sort all the 
> combustion junk out of the water to keep from fouling the injectors? Or 
> have I got this motor all wrong? Yeah, that is a high probability, lol...
>
> mayf
> John Burk wrote:
>
>>Mayf
>>
>>You could have an exhaust steam condenser where the radiator normally is .
>>
>>
>>>Interesting catch. When I looked through the article I googled, it was
>>>last updated in 2006....makes you wonder if it is viable. That article
>>>said at that time that it had  not under gone any kind  of load testing 
>>>on
>>>a dyno. Also he was hollering about how it could reduce the truck weight
>>>if the radiator and all that cooling water was removed...but didn't 
>>>stress
>>>that an amount of water equal to the amount of fuel was need to be 
>>>carried
>>>along the vehicle.
>>>mayf
>>>John Burk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>This talk of waste heat brings to mind Bruce Crower's 6 cycle engines 
>>>>that
>>>>don't need radiators .
>>>>John
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