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Mark |
| Date : |
2003-07-16 14:13:39 |
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Re:Tricky propane singes hair |
Bill Hinote wrote :
>Mark wrote :
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>>I gathered from this hands/arms on experiment that propane likes be intimately mixed with air before it burns, even though it is gasified. If you sold propane you could market it under the brand name "Tricky Propain", a fireball in every can.
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>Based on my experience I'm not a propane fan. It's really tough to get the propane to mix properly with air, and then the F/A mixture has to be pretty much "right on" or it won't fire.
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>When I was into steam cars in the early '70's the club banned propane because of its fickle personality. One guy got himself killed when a propane bottle vented from the heat and then blew--be careful with that stuff.
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>>The keen thing about all fuels whether gasoline, methanol or propane is that they all contain a lot of energy, but getting them to "explode" at a constant flow is what's fun.
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>Methanol is just the ticket for experiments; it fires at almost any mixture, including puddling inside the engine.
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>If your engine won't fire up, don't give up until you've tried methanol.
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That's a good point, methanol under the right circumstances will catch you off-guard and make you smile with it's playful behavior. It helps you find your way where other fuels require more exacting fuel/air ratios.
I remember the jam jar episode where I unscrewed the lid when there was a bubble of flame residing on the hole. The jar caught fire when I removed the lid so I tried extiguishing it in the wind from a spinning buffing wheel and that only fanned the flames and then I capped the lid back on thinking that will kill it and it reved up with new vitality, much to my chagrin, the jar getting hotter all the while.
Mark
Mark
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Re:Tricky propane singes hair
( 2003-07-16 14:13:39)