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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
There's no reason to want more oxygen. Engines and fuel are designed around use with regular air.
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I don't think one is ever going to get to that point oil pan.
But one may just be able to get the O2 %age up a bit with properly arranged magnetic fields or a centrifuge of some sort, or a combination of the 2.
But heres a little thought experiment assuming one could:
If
O2 is 20% air
then
an engine designed to run on pure O2 would be around 20% the size of a std engine.
That brings a lot of weight savings, which means an even smaller engine would suffice.
Then there's all the 'no NOx buggering up the combustion process' faster burn at optimal crank angles etc to consider.
No exhaust catalysts reqd.
more aero car nose, more space
etc.
So that's why something simple and light/ish that increases the % of O2 inducted unto an engine would be nice.
I think one in my nose wouldn't go amiss either!
