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Originally Posted by RustyLugNut
you have the ability to form effective amounts of active radicals to change the combustion characteristics under the right set of parameters.
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And that amount is and those parameters are what?
Because no one seems able or willing to divulge that info.
Also EGR doesn't introduce traces of exhaust gases into the engines intake tract, its more like 5% to 15% of the intake volume.
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Originally Posted by RustyLugNut
You have threads on this forum touting the effectiveness of water injection for mileage purposes.
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Yes for diesel engine only. It does not work on gas engines.
It does work on diesel and gas turbines but not because of any of this sillyness:
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Originally Posted by RustyLugNut
a portion of the water going through thermolysis and producing active radicals such as H+ and OH- which are part of the precursors to the final oxidation step.
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Water injection only shows fuel economy losses when added to production gasoline engines, no matter if its a single cylinder gasoline generator or 2000+ fuel injected gasser.
It may be possible to build a gas engine that can benefit from water or water/methanol injection but the vehicle driveability will be greatly compromised and engine longevity my suffer if the additional liquid is allowed to run dry.
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