EFI fuel pump and water.

Bruce Plecan nacelp at bright.net
Thu Jul 13 23:50:14 GMT 2000



> Bruce mentioned needing pressure. So maybe a 12 volt air compressor to
> pressurize air tanks half full of water?

Getting warm.

 2Liter soda bottles are good
> for ~150 psi, or so the amateur rocket list members say.

Please.  That's not even a poor idea.  Hot soaks temps can get really high
exploding plastic is like sharpnel.

 Maybe a CO2
> fire extinguisher bottle and a really good 12 volt  air compressor?.

Was thinking more of a propane tank accumultor, and then to the storage
tank.

 Or
> for short durations, the extinguisher bottles can take LOTS of pressure.
> A friend said his was hydrotested to 2000+ psi??? I can't remeber for
> sure, but it was a LOT of pressure. I think you are talking seamless
> stainless tune to the misting nozzles then, but it might be feasible for
> a drag racing/tractor pulling setup. Of course you'd have to charge it
> from a nitrogen bottle, but those are pretty cheap to fill.

Naa, we want to keep the system filled (least I do).   Ever grocery store
has bottled water in a pinch, not many road side businesses have N, CO2, NOS
bottles around.
Bruce
>
> -Seth
>
> Bruce Plecan wrote:
> >
> > On say a small engine like a stockish GN (3.8L v-6).
> > Has 6,  30lb/hr injectors.   180 lbs/hr fuel.  Figure 6 lbs per gal, so
> > that's 30 gals per hour of fuel, and SHR meantions 1/2 to 2/3 fuel via
vol
> > as I recall (anyway I've used the 1:2 several times and it was right).
So
> > we need at least 15 gals per hour, for a stockish engine.
> > If a heavy, then use 55 injectors and 330 lbs/hr fuel, and will neeed to
do
> > 30+gals per hour.
> > and again
> > 12v
> > realitively light
> > instant on for massive water
> > Grumpy
> >
> > Owww, big rear sway bar is here
> > Machine shop promised heads for in am
> > Plot thickens
> >
> > > Anyway there might be something useful in the guts of these, for water
> > > injection/fogging like Bruce wants.  Probably not in the quantity he
> > > needs but for a normal engine <g> ???
> > > I'll guess that it's got a 2 gal tank, that lasts about 8 hours, so it
> > > makes mist at a rate of .25 gal/hr.  It's manufactured by Holmes.
This
> > > is one that plugs in, not one that attaches to your A/C system.
> > > Is this interesting?
> > > Chris Conlon wrote:
> > > > A while back while looking for ultrasonic evaporators, I found this:
> > > > http://www.dghsys.com/DEFAULT.HTM
> >
>
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