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I'm still contemplating installing a water spray for use during high power climb-out. I used Ed's cooling spread sheet and estimated I need about 200 Btu/minute additional oil cooling during climb.. I also calculated that 5 qts of oil need about 288 Btu to gain 40 deg. F during the first 2 minutes of take-off and climb This translates to about 150 Btu/ minute. I believe I need about 200 Btu/minute additional cooling to keep my oil cool on a 100 + deg. day.
The Latent Heat of Evaporation for water is 970 Btu/# or 8050 Btu/gal. For a 10 minute climb I'd need 200 Btu X 10 or 2000 Btu. This is approximately 1 Qt or 32 oz/10 minutes. My water flow rate would than be 3.2 oz/minute.
I found some "misting" spray nozzles at Home Depot and found they work well at 30 psi. I have a 12 V Schure RV water pump that can be used for initial testing.
Next week the afternoon temperatures will be above 100 deg again. I hope to get the water mister installed so I can try it.
If the medical water pumps David Leonard has will provide 30 psi or more I'd be interested in trying them.
Dennis Haverlah
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