RE: ...upon the clouds of heaven...

2004-07-31 Thread Grimer
I've been cogitating the problem of the cumulus cloud and its monad, the 4th power vapour. How does one reconcile the fact that the fourth power vapour relates to temperatures of over 100 degrees Centigrade whereas cumulus clouds are obviously not that hot or pilots flying through them would c

Re: Running Diesels on Corn Meal Mush?

2004-07-31 Thread Baronvolsung
In a message dated 7/31/04 6:05:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: According to this URL  36 bushels of corn $90.00 would produce 18 million BTU which would be equivalent to 129 gallons of diesel $129.00. http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/press/2002/20021031.php Farm Burea

Re: Running Diesels on Corn Meal Mush?

2004-07-31 Thread Michael Foster
Since we're speculating on biomass engines, here's one I've actually had some experience with. When I was a little kid, people still had those galvanized steel garbage cans. We would "acquire" two such cans of slightly different diameters. The smaller would stand upright and the larger would

RE: sam faile update and boundary electrolysis

2004-07-31 Thread Keith Nagel
Hi Nick. You write: >Steam or electrodynamic? Steam. It's like this. Your salt solution is conductive, and low currents will produce the ordinary electrolytic reaction at the cathode. Increasing the voltage will increase the current, forcing the reaction to the rate limiting step and burning up m

Re: sam faile update and boundary electrolysis

2004-07-31 Thread Jones Beene
Another thought On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Nick Reiter wrote: > > In the meantime, I kept the voltage the same and went > > to an even smaller diameter (about .001") hair wire > > for the cathode - wow. In KOH, the plasma has now > > moved from the violet "potassium" color to a bright > > blue inten

Re: Running Diesels on Corn Meal Mush?

2004-07-31 Thread Frederick Sparber
Michael Foster asked if running Diesel engines on sugar-water or (gelatinized) corn starch had been tried?   I don't know, but I think precooked corn meal mush  (without the raisins) would offer enough lubrication to work okay.   According to this URL  36 bushels of corn $90.00 would produce 18

RE: sam faile update and boundary electrolysis

2004-07-31 Thread Nick Reiter
--- William Beaty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if the temperature of the electrode is > critical with this. As I > understand the Mizuno "violent CF" experiment, the > platinum foil must > first heat up before the interesting stuff begins. > Using thin, > low-thermal-mass electrodes wo