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Article #15384Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
From: Carl Smith
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 22:27
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 22:27
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In article <1992Dec25.134459.7728@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes: >You don't understand. The gasoline *does* contain the same amount of >energy as the flywheel, that's the whole point of the exercise. But >liquid gasoline can't explode. Only gasoline vapor properly mixed >with oxygen, 14:1 air/fuel ratio, can explode. Normally I wouldn't find fault with such an insignificant detail, but I have seen this so many times during this tread that I thought I would make a comment. 14:1 is the IDEAL mixture, but there is a rather wide range over which the mixture will ignite. Eventually it will be so rich that it will be hard to ignite due to "lack of oxygen," and in the other direction there can be so little gas fumes that you couldn't cause an explosion. You don't need perfect 14:1 to cause an explosion.
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