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I Googled "intercooler spray bars" and saw types that were tubes surrounding
the intake opening with little jets all around. I also saw one that was
simply a large jet in the air stream spraying towards the center of the
radiator. I would guess that there is no real answer yet, or that either
works. I also saw pump pressures from windshield washer pressures(?) to
40psi and flows up to 6 liters/hr., I believe. our application is way
simpler than in these race cars. seems easier to try out than, say, adding
a turbo!
Kevin Lane Portland, OR
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Sower" <canarder@frontiernet.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 10:05 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: spray bars
One might consider where the spray bars are installed. If they are in the
high
speed air stream, they are less apt to have time to generate much of a
pattern
at all. If they are located close to the radiator face in a good plenum,
they
might mist a lot better. I've no idea how one might test this stuff.
Tiny TV
camera (like on your computer perhaps?) in the plenum? It's something I'd
have
to actually SEE before I made a lot of judgments (particularly if they
didn't
seem as effective as I'd expected).
Just a theory ... Jim S.
JJ JOHNSON wrote:
> Some food for thought on spray bars and pattern's. A cheap pump could be
had
> from a washer fluid pump [ think this is what Tracy used??] A easily had
> spray nozzle could be had from various cars. I've found that some of the
> nicer European cars [BMw or VW] w/ the nozzles mounted on the hood get a
> pretty nice pattern. Another place where a guy could get a nice nozzle
by
> using nozzles from Agricultural sprayers. Different patterns and GPH can
be
> had quite easily.
>
> my 2 cents
> Jarrett Johnson
>
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Jim Sower
Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T
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