Water injection + Ice = Good idea? Bad Idea?

[biggy238]

exponential

[biggy238]

If atomized water does absorb heat that fast, than the only danger is that there is so much water in the cylinder that there isn't enough heat to keep it all gaseous. Or that the water is not atomized finely enough to absorb heat fast enough.

I believe you confirmed what I was after....

[ENafziger]

Hmmm, interesting. Why is the thread link posted by Begle earlier CLOSED?

Nonetheless, there were some interesting things brought up that I wish I'd seen earlier.

The "boiler" setup and picture posted by JoeSixPack, is a WHR (Waste Heat Recovery) designed by Cummins. This uses a refrigerant (R245fa) as the working fluid in an Organic Rankine Cycle to expand through a high speed Barber-Nichols turbine. The turbine is a turbine/generator unit that produces electrical power; the electrical power is then used to add work back to the shaft through a electric motor unit integrated with the flywheel.

This is a VERY complex system, and is much harder than it looks. The benefit realized is no where near coming to fruition for real world application.

Some other thoughts later when I have more time...

--Eric

[FionaThe02PSD]

Originally Posted by Charles

That was the only time mine was injected. Never came on unless boost went above 35lbs, and the second stage never came on until ~55lbs.

Still started getting excessive blowby and actual water droplets on my CCV tube. Went to the water-soluble oil and blowby went back to normal and nothing but engine oil on my CCV tube.

For the windshield tank, I'm with you. If you get a separate tank, run this stuff.




A little goes a long, long way.

What ratio would you run for towing applications Charles?