You still have to reach the fuel’s ignition T and to do that you’re going to have to heat it above 100C, which means you’ll have to spend heat drying it out. Even if the peat moss is “dry” it still has water and if the…
Air is cheap to warm. Water in fuel is expensive
I’d say a phase change is fairly significant.
Wow that’s insane
Ya, but there’s an extra phase change to melt the water in the fuel which is a significant amount of energy.
And heated by the fire giving up heat it also needs to warm up the fuel. The fire gives out a certain amount of heat, if the fuel needs more heat to combust than it gives out in combustion the fire will die out
Not an expert. Just a random guy thinking out loud. To burn you have to dry out the fuel matter and warm it up to its combustion T. If the air is -50, the fire has to give up enough enthalpy to not just dry up and warm…
The Japanese blow my mind sometimes. Their attention to detail, their uncompromising attitude to everything they do.
My point was to have some light fun at the optimism of ppl who think that all that’s needed to do the impossible is enough profit motivation: “The first to break c gets infinite profit! Ready, set go!”
Infinite profit, in fact, since the information would be traveling backwards in time.
You still have to reach the fuel’s ignition T and to do that you’re going to have to heat it above 100C, which means you’ll have to spend heat drying it out. Even if the peat moss is “dry” it still has water and if the…
Air is cheap to warm. Water in fuel is expensive
I’d say a phase change is fairly significant.
Wow that’s insane
Ya, but there’s an extra phase change to melt the water in the fuel which is a significant amount of energy.
And heated by the fire giving up heat it also needs to warm up the fuel. The fire gives out a certain amount of heat, if the fuel needs more heat to combust than it gives out in combustion the fire will die out
Not an expert. Just a random guy thinking out loud. To burn you have to dry out the fuel matter and warm it up to its combustion T. If the air is -50, the fire has to give up enough enthalpy to not just dry up and warm…
The Japanese blow my mind sometimes. Their attention to detail, their uncompromising attitude to everything they do.
My point was to have some light fun at the optimism of ppl who think that all that’s needed to do the impossible is enough profit motivation: “The first to break c gets infinite profit! Ready, set go!”
Infinite profit, in fact, since the information would be traveling backwards in time.