more water injection

[Dirk Wright]

On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Robert J. Harris wrote:
> 
> Further, gasoline blends easily with air to form a combustible mixture.
> Water is far more reluctant to blend with air at STP, so it needs to be
> atomizing into a fine mist by pressure injection.  Different fluids,
> different
> process's and storage.  

OK, what if we added alcohol to disperse the water into the gas, and the 
engine had fuel injection. The gas and the water would be atomized 
together. Would this give more power? 

The only reason I can see for using a separate system would be for 
control over exactly when the water was injected. But, how critical is 
the timing of the water injection? Assuming a constant water/gas ratio, 
in the above senario, more water/gas mixture would be injected during 
periods of high power, so more water would get in to the cylinders 
anyway. 

> 
> What one is looking for is a correct mixture in the combustion chamber.
> Just because Oil and Vinegar taste great on salad does not mean that 
> we store the blend together.

Um, we usually store them together when they are intended as a salad 
dressing....

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