Humidity

[Bill Williams]

	Yes it would help keep the turbo spun up and would convert more
of the exhaust gas waste energy to usefull work. In a turbocompounded
engine you could see this work at the output shaft. This is a good idea!
---                                   Bill in Boulder   "Engineering as
an Art Form"                                ---

On Wed, 24 Sep 1997 12:10:33 +1200 Simon Quested
<questeds at whio.lincoln.ac.nz> writes:
>Hi Robert and All
>
>> After having been "steamed" into submission for my unorthodox 
>beliefs that 
>> excess thermal energy may be recovered by other means, I still 
>remain convinced 
>> that water used as an expendable working fluid can recover 
>significant power 
>> without violating any generally accepted principles - only now the 
>mechanism 
>> has to be more elegant than simply pissing into the intake.
>
>This gave ma an idea I don't know if you have thought of or not......
>Has anyone every tried injecting water in to the exhaust manifold 
>after the head and before the turbo?
>This would only need to be done when your lead foot gets off the gas 
>and off the line. 
>Would this keep the turbo spooled up? .......no more lag?
>Would the manifold cool down to fast?
>How much water would be needed to keep the turbo at speed?
>Would the thermal stress damage things ie: manifold and / or turbo? 
>
>Don't worry Robert your not the only one with crazy ideas......
>
>Cheers
>
>Simon
>
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