Who knows, I might be right next to you. ;-)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
r wrote:
How about using nitrox,
nope, it won't work. Nitrox is just a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen
with more oxygen than a normal atmosphere. to make nitroglycerin
(actually easy) one need only combine fuming nitric, fuming sulfuric,
and glycerin in the correct proportions, while keeping the whole lot
cool. Just let me know when you are going to do it so I can several
miles away.
In reality it is a very, very dangerous process. As I recall it was
Alfred Nobels brother who was killed by a nitroglycerin explosion
which inspired him to invent dynamite (nitroglycerin + sawdust or a
similar dispersant)
You could use nitromethane (liquid) or nitrous oxide (gas) but that
doesn't get to the point of using the glycerin. I am going to try
taking the glycerin and esterifying it with short chain fatty acids
such that I come up with a molecule with about the same mol wt as the
FAMEs.
For example one could make tributyl glycerate and it should have the
same viscoity and vapor pressure as FAME. The only problem is that
the energy content is lower still than FAME which is slightly lower
than fossil diesel.
as in used in recreational diving? I suppose
that there is a need for energy to combine the nitrogen with the
glycerin, to make the chemical reaction happen. Maybe carry 2 tanks
(one of glycerin and one of nitrox)? There might be a pre-combustion
chamber where a spark would be set to the glycerin/nitrox mixture, to
create the nitroglycerin, then the nitroglycerin would be sent to the
engine to be burned. Would the design be feasible and realistic?
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