Fuel/Oil heat exchanger
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Fuel/Oil heat exchanger
I saw an add in the Summit catalogue today for a "Fuel Cooler" claiming to cool the fuel and make it denser; thus producing better combustion/horsepower. That makes sense at the first thought to the average Rice Burner and all..."the fuel is denser so more gets in right?" Yeah, sure. But I work on aircraft and one of the ways we get the fuel to burn more efficiently is to actually heat it up. This is accomplished through a FOHE (fuel oil heat exchanger), which takes the oil from the engine and gearboxes and cycles it through a special radiator. This radiator is placed out of the airstream and is actually in an enclosed space in the fuselage of the aircraft. It has a line for the fuel, and a line for the oil, and they are both intertwined all throughout this "radiator" The heat transfers from the hottest to coldest place just like physics predicts, thus heating up the fuel and making it easier to atomize when it is sprayed in the combustion chamber. Does anyone think that such a system could be rigged in a car with the same results? Are the heat levels in the engine enough to produce an effect similar to this? Or would the fuel reach it's flashpoint too soon? I know that JP8 has a very high flashpoint, and that gasoline's is much much lower. What's y'alls opinion?
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Re: Fuel/Oil heat exchanger
Ive heard also that fuel to burns better hot. I dont think a few degrees will make a big difference in density either. air yes, liquid not so much.
I think its bs cant believe summit is pushing a product like that.
I think its bs cant believe summit is pushing a product like that.
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