| [GMCnet] Fuel Cooking Experiment [message #97919] |
Tue, 31 August 2010 08:49  |
Ken Coit
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Registered: November 2005
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No, I didn't use fuel.
Here's the rough results of my cooking experiment:
Using a clay saucer upside down on a gas burner, I created a radiant heat
source with some convection sneak paths. Above the saucer about 3" I placed
a coated wire shelf and on that I set a flat black can filled about 80% with
12 oz. (350 ml) of tap water, covered.
The saucer reached about 350°F at the lowest setting. After more than 10
minutes, the can and water had reached 120°F. This seemed to be a stable
state. While some components of today's fuel might vaporize at that
temperature, to solve the "vapor lock" problem, I think we are looking for a
different source of thermal energy than the road surface or the cooling
system. How about that exhaust system?
Now then, if the exhaust system is heating the fuel to within a few degrees
of vaporization and you add radiant heat to the tank, you could well have a
problem pulling fuel to the pump.
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Ken Coit, ND7N
Raleigh, NC
Parfait Royale
1978 Royale Rear Bath, 403, 3.07
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