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- From: mancus@zaphod.JSC.NASA.GOV (Keith Mancus/MDSSC)
- Subject: Re: More External-Combustion Info
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.004129.622@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- References: <1992Nov17.071642.22601@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1ec2mqINNc33@gap.caltech.edu> <1992Nov18.113559.12069@bsu-ucs>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:41:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.113559.12069@bsu-ucs>, 01crmeyer@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Craig Meyer) writes:
- >Carl wrote:
- >>I wrote:
- >>> 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.
-
- > No, that's not the problem. You could probably do a day's drive on a
- > toilet-flush's worth of water.
-
- > It'd have to be distilled, though, and perhaps even chemically treated. That
- > means you'd have to buy it at the store or at the gas station, and that means
- > you'd have TWO fluids to replenish periodically. That, and distilled water
- > is $.60/gal.
-
- I'm not convinced it would need to be distilled. If it was reasonably
- clean (i.e., no 200 ppm dissolved solids!), couldn't you get away with flushing
- the system occasionally? I don't use distilled water in my radiator, though
- I admit that is not a good comparison.
-
- >It's the same thing with the electric heater for wintertime. Maybe the real
- >men in the Tater State don't mind, but little inconviniences like that (ec. the
- >Stanley Steamer's pilot light) doom a design.
-
- I don't see this as any different from the radiator system. If my
- radiator can be kept from freezing, so can the rest of my block.
-
- --
- Keith Mancus <mancus@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov> |
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