Horse Power and its Effectiveness

[Mike Rolica]

Arggg BTU is just a measurment of heat energy.  Happen that they use to
measure heating required in a house.  They are the whole senerio when taking
which fuel has more enrgey!  I know it gets more complex with time of burn,
air ratio required ect!
Mike Rolica
Meridian Magnesium Products
Strathroy, Ont 
Ext. 260


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	dave.williams at chaos.lrk.ar.us
[SMTP:dave.williams at chaos.lrk.ar.us]
	Sent:	Tuesday, December 14, 1999 5:11 PM
	To:	gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
	Subject:	RE: Horse Power and its Effectiveness


	-> Guess why there are NO piston engined aircraft that use the
diesel
	-> cycle??  Because they do not rev high enough.

	 Imagine all those car-engine-conversion fools wasting their time
with
	speed reducers to keep the prop tips from going supersonic...


	-> torque that an airplane neads...!  IT IS SIMPLE  1 GALLON OF
DIESEL
	-> HAS ABOUT 2/3RD MORE BTU'S THAN A GALLON OF GAS!  More energy
before
	-> = more energy converted to mech!  K.I.S.S.

	 BTUs aren't the whole scenario; internal combustion engines are
	slightly different from heating your house.