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I have been toying with this idea for sometime now. Basically it's a device to turbo charge the engine with the power of steam. If you could simply get enough combustion from the boiling water to give that extra boost. Must be possible
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Yes, but was it a "boost?" |
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Possible, surely, but do you really want to carry all that water around? |
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The exhaust manifolds (or headers) could provide the heat, and the water could be re-used in a closed system (similar to an a/c unit)... the steam condenses back into the collection pool, gets re-heated, turns to steam, runs back through the turbine, etc. It would cool the exhaust though and that might interfere with the cat. Could take a while to come online, but once up to temp a computer could control boost pressure instantly. So the boost lag would be up front (during the fist five minutes or so of engine warm-up). The excess steam could be routed through a coffee mug warmer. I'll give it a + vote for making me feel compelled to add my comments. |
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hmmm, I like steam-related ideas so +
but you put into car:speed so - |
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It is possible... but we must again return to high-school physics and the the law of conservation of energy. |
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(+) actually, for the quarter-mile dragster it wouldn't be a bad idea ... you 'jet' the steam into a higher pressure stream to spin the turbo for the amount of boost you need ... no more turbo lag in the short term ... and just carry a small container of water on board to supply it ... kinda like the nuclear reactor water-return system taken from submarines into cars, but for the dragster just vent it |
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