Flow rates for nozzles

[Roger Heflin]

Here is an odd thought, what about putting the water in a pressure
tank of some sort and putting compressed air over it.  Enough volume 
of compressed air, and you should be able to maintain a fairly decent
pressure until most of the water runs out.   You would of course have
to air up after putting the water in, and probably put the thing in
the trunk or someplace with a similar amount of room.  And probably
you would need a pressure regulator on the water, or some way to sense
the watter pressure, and adjust the nozzle PW to get the correct flow.

			Just an odd idea
			Roger

On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Bruce Plecan wrote:

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Bunning <stuart at kenelec.com.au>
> To: DIY List Post <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
> Date: Thursday, December 17, 1998 1:42 AM
> Subject: FW: Flow rates for nozzles
> 
> If ya play with the water injection idea, you'll see the higher the pressure
> the
> finer the mist.  Trick is coming up with a good high pressure pump for the
> water aquamist does that but $$$.  At 200 PSI we get a wonderful mist for
> the Pullling Tractor but it takes a Ford starter motor running a agri spray
> pump to do that, if anyone knows of a 12v 100PSI smalllight water pump I'd
> like to hear about it
> Bruce
> 
> 
> >
> >*** come on guyes I'm interested in this too me and barry can't be the only
> >people  ******
> >*** out there wanting to use fuel injectors for water injection
> >************************
> >
> >has anyone ever tried it???
> >Will normal fuel injectors rust if water is pumped through them ...
> >
> >
> >
> >I was about to install a water/alcohol injection system in a turbo charged
> >application but it occurred to me that those old fuel injectors I have
> >sitting around might be up to the task of spraying water/alcohol.  I like
> >the idea of a progressive controller but don't want to shell out the huge
> >dollars for such kits (as nice as they are) and would welcome the project
> of
> >brewing my own solution.
> >
> >So, I need to know how to calculate flow for currently available
> >conventional nozzles OR know what guidelines I should use to determine the
> >amount of water/alcohol to inject so that I can determine what size
> injector
> >to use and also to be able to program a simple controller.
> >
> >I suppose another question would be, is there any reason why a fuel
> injector
> >would not work well injecting only water/alcohol?
> >
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Barry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >
> >STUART BUNNING
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