Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Unconventional UW Propulsion

["samdatl" <samdatl@avana.net>]

dont think it will work because you cannot compress water.


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From: <SJSVOB@aol.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 2:34 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Unconventional UW Propulsion


> Ok so how about using underwater jet engine propulsion.  Water is sucked
in the front via a compressor/thruster, fed into a chamber wherein it is
mixed with a stream of sodium, and hydrogen peroxide, then fed through a
turbocharger (which is coupled to the compressor/thruster) and out the
stern.
>
> H2O + NA = NAO2 + H2
> H2 + H2O2 = 2H2O
> H2O + NA + H2O2 = NAO2 + 2H2O
>
> Has this been tried in a torpedo? Or anything like it?
>
> Steve