In car oil refinery, run by EFI.

[Robert Humphris]

>From what seemed like a list dealing with real and tangible automotive
subjects, only occasionally dipping into the hypothetical 'what-ifs' of
future developments and theorectical ideas, I now find my mail box full
of the rantings of lunatics...  When will we move onto the subjects of
magnetic levitation? or how about perpetual motion, better still time
travel?

For Bobs sake get a grip on reality.  There are still openings for fuel
scientists to work on Cold fusion reactors, these are theoretically
possible.

In car oil refinery... will you sell diesel as you drive along?  Hey you
could have an in car injection molding facility in the boot, and produce
plastic dinosaurs that you could give away free with each gallon of
avaiation fuel that you sell.

Rob Humphris


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>From: 	Shannen Durphey[SMTP:shannen at mcn.net]
>Sent: 	05 May 1998 09:57
>To: 	diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: 	Re: In car oil refinery, run by EFI.
>
>Danny Barrett wrote:
>
>> I intend to build an in car "oil refinery." This may sound like a heap of
>>BS
>> to many, but others have researched the possibility, and found it might be
>> viable IF it can be controled somehow.
>> 
>> The basic principal behind it is to catalytically crack the fuel molecules,
>> in the presence of hydrogen, and form methane. This reaction is an
>> ENDOthermic reaction - ie. it requires energy (in the form of heat) to be
>> put IN, and thereby, the products of the reaction are at a higher energy
>> state than the fuel that was put in. Thus, otherwise wasted heat energy is
>> stored CHEMICALLY, to be used within the engine. Because of this
>>"recycling"
>> effect, less fuel should be required for the same power output, and hence,
>> greater efficiency.
>> 
>>
>>
>> Any comments/ideas???
>> 
>> Danny Barrett.
>
>Realizing that it's the phase changes of the refrigerant
>which "move" energy, I got to wondering today how much heat
>could be transferred by mercury?  What's the boiling point
>of this metal?  And would thermal conductivity be an
>approprate term to use here?
>
>Shannen
>
>Volunteer for community service!  Use your CSH to collect
>donations for the poor.
>