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Originally Posted by racprops
So, in other words, you question my veracity.
I Do not question YOUR VERACITY.. I question the facts your citing
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This happens to be my specialty, so . . .
. . . university degrees notwithstanding, it is also the area of my experience.
You still haven't answered my indirect question, so I will ask this directly.
Question:
Since Transonic was able to provide a true vaporized gasoline fuel to the combustion chamber and proved a TE of 50% and a bit more, what is the basis for your expectations of even more thermal efficiency?
They ran lean burn with no throttle at cruise so this eliminated throttling losses. Their TE numbers include that gain. They also minimized losses to the combustion chamber by rapidly igniting the fuel before the fuel plume impinged on the chamber/cylinder walls.