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Re: Any engine builders / machinest out there heard of a Bourke Engine or a Very Lean Burn Engine?
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Mon, 12 September 2005 14:01
 
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Play nicely kiddies - offer facts, rather than redneckisms. Unless Bubbles comes along, of course 
Say we use petrol as a fuel, and say it offers 34MJ/litre energy. This equates very roughly to 9.4 KWh per litre of fuel of energy potential. If we have an engine producing, say, 200Kw, then it has to use at least 21.2 litres every hour of fuel.
...oh, did I mention that would only happen if said engine was 100% efficient, i.e. 100% of the energy in the fuel came straight out the crankshaft. Said engine would have to have ambient exhaust gas temperature, would need no cooling system, and would generate no external heat. It would also have zero friction, vibration, etc.
Now think about the realistic BSFC of a 200Kw engine. And keep all this in mind when you look at 'amazing!' engines.
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86tt | Sun, 11 September 2005 19:53 |
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86tt | Tue, 13 September 2005 05:49 |
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86tt | Wed, 14 September 2005 15:14 |
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oldcorollas | Wed, 14 September 2005 15:29 |
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thechuckster | Wed, 14 September 2005 21:48 |
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oldcorollas | Mon, 12 September 2005 13:59 |
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