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Old 12-13-2008, 07:14 PM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Formula413 View Post
Same result with all three rides? That is surprising, because the more ethanol the lower the energy density, at least on paper. I wonder why the E20 is giving better FE than E10?
Because measuring Enthalpy is easy.... Measuring Qout is also fairly easy.... Analyzing the arrow (combustion, in this case) in Qin -> Qout is significantly difficult.
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