[DeTomaso] CR, Detonation, and water injection

[John Bentley (jab)]

All you need is a separate injection system for the water (like on a
dc-8)! :)

JB

 

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On Behalf Of Ken Green
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 9:06 AM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] CR, Detonation, and water injection

It seems to be common practice to use a rich mixture to cool the
combustion chamber under high HP output conditions.  I looked up the
heat of vaporization of gasoline, and it's 135 calories per gram
compared to 540 for water.  This would suggest that you need a lot less
water than extra gas to cool the chamber and it makes a lot of sense to
use water injection to control detonation versus rich mixture.  The math
seems pretty simple.  
   
  Ken
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