Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Closed circuit engines

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>]

IF in enough quantity, CO will kill fish.  Not sure of the chemical
interaction with water, really.  I know if you push chlorine through
watter, you get hydrocloric acid.  Same with CO2, you get carbonic
acid.  If you push hydrogen sulfide (H2S) through water, you get
sulfurous acid. 
HTH,
Carl


ToolRoomTrustee@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Seems like the Germans researched this in the late 20s and early 30s.
> One researcher was jewish and forced out by the NAZIs.
> My understanding is that the 4 cycle engines that are gasoline fuelled
> can use their exhaust when spiked with oxygen or air as both a fuel
> component  plus gasoline vapor from the carburetor and as air supply.
> I wonder what carbon monoxide dissolves in or is absorbed by.
> Carbon dioxide, of course, is absorbed by soda lime.
> I do wonder if carbon monoxide is bled into the water, will it kill
> fish?
> I don't know what the relationship in cost is between compressed air
> and oxygen.
> I have wondered whether a 4 stroke engine could be run in an inert
> atmosphere
> that wouldn't support combustion.  Maybe then there would be less of a
> fire hazard
> with gasoline.
> If the exhaust gases are cooled in the muffling process, then their
> volume will
> decrease though becoming denser.
> Seems to me that the Germans in their WWI subs innovatwed the practice
> of using
> the exhaust diesel gasses to finish bowing out their ballast tanks.  I
> don't know
> how practical that would be for a personal sub.
> 
> Just thinking and pondering
> Larry Murray

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