What gas do you use. - Page 3

Brians256 · 05-28-2004, 12:08 PM

Oh boy! Introducing oxygen into a flammable gas and running it through an electric motor that performs high compression on it. Sounds like a description of a diesel motor, eh? Well, except that diesel is not a gas. Initially.

kronchev · 05-28-2004, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by HAL-9000

Hey! I've got a great idea...take propane as your coolant, and increase the density by mixing in some oxygen...propane's density problem solved! It would be cool too, the oxygen would sublime into super-chilled little bubbles in the propane, so get some transparent tubing and show it off to yer friends!

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Butcher · 05-28-2004, 12:12 PM

*WHOOSH* right over their heads.

Brians256 · 05-28-2004, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Butcher

*WHOOSH* right over their heads.

Yeah, most people catch it, but I was worried about the few, the proud, the boneheads. Next step after adding oxygen bubbles to the refrigerant: test it! Nothing better than testing such a system with a oxy-acetylene torch on the soldered evaporator block, right?

05-28-2004, 12:12 PM	#53
Butcher Thermophile Join Date: May 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,064	WHOOSH right over their heads. __________________ Once upon a time, in a land far far away...

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Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	Oh boy! Introducing oxygen into a flammable gas and running it through an electric motor that performs high compression on it. Sounds like a description of a diesel motor, eh? Well, except that diesel is not a gas. Initially.

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