I've really enjoyed this link.
A lot of Mr. Wizzard stuff but it all comes down to *Running on Tap
Water*.
It will ruin your cooling system.
As fuel it would ruin your engine ............... try testing a gallon of
it in a glass 1 gallon pickle jar and after two days and you see the
crudd in the bottom of the jar you'll wonder who can drink the stuff.
And guys that's a *thermodynamic fact*.

Stan Wilder

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 17:24:26 +0100 Clive Smith
<clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM> writes:
> Can I just add one thing to that diatribe - please:
>
>
> > The thermodynamic facts to take way here are:
> > 1) An ideal compressor is Isothermal (no heat addition during
> compression)
> > 2) An ideal Engine is Adiabatic (no heat loss during compression)
>
> and 3) The theoretical efficiency of a heat engine is a function
> solely of
> one thing -the difference between the starting and finishing
> temperatures.
> Any analogies you can think of?
>
> So aircraft cruise as high as they can (ATC permitting), as low
> intake temps
> are vital for efficiciency, regardless of the low air density and
> pressure,
> which is in fact an aerodynamic boon. Their intakes design and then
> efficient compressors can (easily) make up the pressure, especially
> when
> starting with very low temperatures.
>
> Clive Smith
>

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