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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [xj-s] Re: Cooling systems & overheating
Jan Wikstrom wrote: > > At 15:41 29/07/1998 -0500, Walter Petermann wrote: > >> Good plan. Just for grins, let's provide a system where water is > >> collected from the A/C condensate drains to keep the thing filled. > > > > There's quite a bit of water coming out the exhaust. Why not put > > a condenser in the tail pipe and collect this too? > > A very good way to cool the exhaust is to run it through a Laval-type > turbine with expansion nozzles. The recovered energy can be utilised in > various ways. And if the extra cooling water is injected directly into the > inlet ports, the resulting steam will increase the turbine output as well > as the piston engine output. > > Ahhh, a turbo-compound V12! Such heights of complexity! And of course we'll > contract the Control system to Lucas (what, me sick?). At least we'll make > some use of all that steam! Jan, I think we are way past Lucas here. Let's do it ourselves! I have a bunch of blower motor parts for the turbine and broken ecu's for the control system. All I need is a clue of what a Laval turbine is and where to drill the holes for the 'expansion nozzles' :) . Walter References:
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