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To: IronJack
Wouldn't a proper air/gas mixture of vapor be much more explosive and avoid the loss of energy required for the state change from liquid to gas?

I do not think so. The power of the internal combustion engine lies in the expansion inside the chamber. Injecting in the liquid phase adds to the expansion in the ignition. Inside the combustion chamber there is not a problem of too little heat for expansion; heat removal is part of the limits of efficiency.

49 posted on 02/20/2015 7:52:14 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney
The power of the internal combustion engine lies in the expansion inside the chamber. Injecting in the liquid phase adds to the expansion in the ignition.

Liquids don't compress. Gases do. If the vapor could be introduced into the cylinder, the compression stroke would compress much more vapor than atomized gasoline, which would result in a much more powerful ignition.

A lot of the energy of the combustion cycle is taken up by forcing gasoline to undergo a state shift from liquid to vapor and then explode. Eliminate that phase shift and you're bound to liberate more usable energy.

100 posted on 02/20/2015 8:45:11 AM PST by IronJack
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