> James, I read your water injection into the engine page. I'm 
> unclear on how such a setup can be used to gain motive force 
> for real work. Care to add some addition explanation?

I'm not sure how much more clear it can be... What doesn't make sense?
http://techref.massmind.org/techref/idea/mc-heat-inject.htm

1. You heat the engine, specifically the head and the top of the cylinder. 

2. You spray unpressurized, unheated water into the unpressurized cylinder
at top dead center. Remember the valve timing has been changed. There is no
compression. There is no intake. Just the exhaust valve and that is changed
to close just before TDC.

3. The water spray flashes to steam due to the heat of the air and inside
metal surfaces in the cylinder. This is the most contentious part of the
idea. Lots of room for discussion and experimentation.

4. The steam pushes the piston down and is exhausted at the bottom.

Very simple. No?

---
James Newton, massmind.org Knowledge Archiver 
james@massmind.org 1-619-652-0593 fax:1-208-279-8767 
All the engineering secrets worth knowing:
http://techref.massmind.org What do YOU know?


-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist