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- From: mancus@carla.JSC.NASA.GOV (Keith Mancus/MDSSC)
- Subject: Re: More External-Combustion Info
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.145912.1182@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- References: <1992Nov17.071642.22601@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1992Nov17.180135.25760@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>,<1992Nov17.205149.18798@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1ec2mqINNc33@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:59:12 GMT
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- In article <1ec2mqINNc33@gap.caltech.edu>, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov17.205149.18798@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>, mancus@zaphod.JSC.NASA.GOV (Keith Mancus/MDSSC) writes:
- >>> 3. Given a closed system is there a better choice of working fluid than
- >>> water (Something that wouldn't freeze, and could act as a lubricant.)
- >>
- >> For some applications, like these "commuter" cars that the electric crowd
- >>is pushing, you might want to keep the loop open and eliminate the radiator/
- >>condenser and associated weight.
- >
- >That's fine if you have LOTS of water to waste. In case you haven't heard, the
- >state that's pushing hardest for reduced emissions happens still to be in a
- >major drought.
-
- True enough. I live in Southeast Texas, which normally has an embarassing
- surplus of water. We worry far more about flooding than droughts. Not
- so long ago, local rivers were 30 feet over their banks...
-
- Does anyone think it's practical to design a boiler that can use salt
- water directly? You'd have to flush the tank of accumulated sediment every
- so often, and there might well be other contamination problems. But could
- this be a reasonable solution?
-
- --
- Keith Mancus <mancus@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov> |
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