[Vwdiesel] negative aspects of burning water
Roger Brown
r.c.brown at ieee.org
Tue Sep 18 08:34:35 PDT 2007
Val Christian wrote:
>> motor and batteries. Size the engine to just have enough power for highway cruising.
>> Roger
>
> And what is that? Unline the power demands of an airplane, the power demands
> for vehicle cruise are highly dependent upon grade, wind, and road
> conditions. Those vary considerably. For example, what is an acceptable
> cruise grade? 3%, 6%? In some areas, interstates exceed those grades,
> given local circumstances. Add in winds, curvy roads, etc, and the
> cruise setting doesn't looks like it would in Kansas or NW Ohio.
>
> Val
Yes, that would be the key. You would need to run simulations and do statistical analysis
to find some 95% (or whatever) condition to size the engine power output to.
--
Roger
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