Thread: GEET Reactor
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Old 11-23-2012, 07:12 AM   #86 (permalink)
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You are correct in the energy of the smaller molecules.

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Originally Posted by Alternatively Sane Max View Post
I am by no means an expert. But i get the impression that GEET is supossed to increase the chemical energy available from fuel by breaking it down into less energy dense smaller molecules. I have only done high school chemistry but to me this seems like the opposite of what you want.
Carbon monoxide is considered a low energy fuel. But coupled with the hydrogen output, you can change your combustion characteristics considerably, and to advantage at the crankshaft.

Because you are using exhaust heat as the energy to drive the endothermic steam reaction, you have a greater molar mass of fuel at the output of the so called fuel processor. Of course, running this exhaust heat driven fuel processor at optimum will be nigh near impossible due to the varying amount of exhaust energy available.
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