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- From: stead@skadi.CSS.GOV (Richard Stead)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.energy,rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
- Message-ID: <51718@seismo.CSS.GOV>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 02:02:30 GMT
- References: <78564@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> <Bzu6DJ.I6v@ns1.nodak.edu>
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- In article <Bzu6DJ.I6v@ns1.nodak.edu>, csmith@plains.NoDak.edu (Carl Smith) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec25.134459.7728@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
- > >liquid gasoline can't explode. Only gasoline vapor properly mixed
- > >with oxygen, 14:1 air/fuel ratio, can explode.
- > Normally I wouldn't find fault with such an insignificant detail, but
- [...]
- > explosion. You don't need perfect 14:1 to cause an explosion.
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- While on insignificant details, I will point out that any deviation from
- the 14:1 ideal mixture may still explode, but will not release the maximum
- power. That is, with too much gas, a lot of the gas will not combust in the
- explosion. With too much air, some gas will not combust, and the speed
- of the explosion is less, resulting in less power.
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- Richard Stead
- Center for Seismic Studies
- Arlington, VA
- stead@seismo.css.gov
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