Turbocompounding

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> From:          Robert Humphris <r.humphris at indigo-avs.com>
> To:            "'diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu'" <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject:       RE: Turbocompounding
> Date:          Wed, 25 Feb 1998 08:49:43 -0000
> Reply-to:      diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu

wait another 50 yrs for detroit, the profits are still high using 
WWI aircraft technology.
In 2050 we will be orbiting in scram jets.
> 
> 41.1 Liters? and only 4500 hp thats not much over the 100bhp per liter
> that any good race engine can produce.  But this was in the 50's so we
> should give them some credit I suppose.
> 
> The only way to prove this is to make a working version of this
> ourselves, anyone want to join in a new project? hehehe
> 
> Rob Humphris
> 
> >
> >
> >ref: Automotive Supercharging and Turbocharging systems, p.22
> >
> >"The Napier Nomad compounded aircraft engine developed in the early 1950's...
> >combined a 41.1 liter 12-cylinder horizontally opposed two-stroke diesel
> >engine with an axial flow three-stage exhaust turbine and a 12-stage axial
> >flow supercharging compressor. In its finally developed form, with water
> >injection and some afterburning, it produced a peak effective output of 4500
> >hp... The turbine/compressor shaft was coupled to the main output shaft
> >through an ingenious continuously variable gearbox. The turbine produced 2250
> >hp at sea level, of which 1800 hp was needed to drive the supercharging
> >compressor.
> >
> >now stuff that in your 911 and smoke...
> 
> >
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