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  2. From: 01crmeyer@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Craig Meyer)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.energy
  4. Subject: Re: Info on the GM SE-101 Steam Car
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov17.201937.12035@bsu-ucs>
  6. Date: 18 Nov 92 01:19:37 GMT
  7. References: <1992Nov13.123426.11872@bsu-ucs> <1992Nov13.223911.25528@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1992Nov16.172309.28255@ke4zv.uucp>
  8. Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's
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  11. > Finally, a piston
  12. > engine offers the advantage of dynamic braking for free. That's not a
  13. > small consideration.
  14.  
  15. Dynamic braking?  Is that like letting engine compression
  16. slow you down?                          
  17.  
  18. > If you could superheat to 800C, it'd be great, but that
  19. > brings on another host of problems you don't want to tackle outside a
  20. > large stationary plant. 
  21. > Gary                   
  22.  
  23. What problems?  The GM Steam Car did 700C, and that was in the seventies!
  24. Wouldn't 800C be possible today?  Shoot, lets' go for 1000.
  25.        
  26. --        
  27.        Craig Meyer                 01CRMEYER@LEO.BSUVC.BSU.EDU
  28.        Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humaities.
  29.        Muncie, IN  47306                          317-285-7433
  30.  
  31.        Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not necessarily
  32.        shared by the Indiana Academy.
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