Refrigerants

[Danny Barrett]

If and when I get a system going, I very much doubt that I will ever end up
making a profit from such a device. In fact, if I actually get a patent
(which may or may not happen - I'm keeping my options open by keeping enough
a secret so that a patent may be possible), on request, I would sell fully
worked blueprints at barely above my own cost of producing and distributing
them (These blueprints would, of course, have written permission that the
person who bought it may build one for thier own personal use - I might even
extend it to their whole immediate family. I would have to wait and see.
Everyone can QUOTE me on that, if they would like).
The fact of the matter is that I very much doubt that there exists such a
refrigerant that will cope with the required temperature differences (thus I
am trying to find out if I am correct). If there is not, then I simply go to
design No.2, of which there probably wouldn't very much to patent, and so I
wouldn't even bother applying for one. Also, in this case, I would do the
same as far (as the blueprints are concrened) as my design No.1.
You can rest assured (or perhaps you don't really care) that if I ever made
a profit from such a venture, it probably would never even cover my own
experimental costs. Anyway, I am studying to be a civil engineer, and that
will be my profession - not the automotive industry.
Something you mentioned: I know of Charles Nelson Pogue's "200 MPG carb."
And I know about the chemistry of how it worked, and why its results were
not very reliable (I know more about the chemistry of it than he did at the
time - but this doesn't take much). Asside from this, Pogue stated in an
interview a few years before he died that he had never claimed even 100 MPG
- others people did that, but he did not. All he claimed (so he said) was
that it gave a significant increase in fuel economy. As for today, we no
longer use "white" gasoline, as he did, and its properties are different
(especially when it is considered that gasoline today contains molecular
binders to reduce vaporous emissions during storage). Hence the figures may
differ dramatically from his - whatever they may have *really* been (since
he would not say what he got).
In any case, thankyou for telling me of your concerns.

Danny Barrett.



>Danny Barrett wrote:
>> 
>> Just had this guess... Sorry... Not what I'm doing... Nice try though.
>> 
>> Just a thought... isn't it interesting how if you say you have a "secret,"
>> that you have to keep to yourself for now, everyone seems to try to guess
>> what it is.....
>> 
>> Danny Barrett.
>> 
>>What do you expect?  The kind people who regularly post here are not
willing to accept "sorry, that information is not available" as an answer.  
>
>My bid is that you're shooting for a modern version of the
>"200 mpg carburetor".  I would guess you are trying to find
>a way to use the heat of the exhaust to turn the liquid fuel
>into a gas immediately before introduction into the engine.  
>
>I would say that you should spend some time in a reference
>library to find your refrigerant answers, as you are
>planning to use the invention for profit, and anything you
>gain from the list would be at someone else's expense. 
>
>Sincerely, 
>Shannen
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