Why not an evaporative (swamp) intercooler?
Why not an evaporative (swamp) intercooler?
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Knowing the heat of evaporation of water is huge, why not take the hot air from a turbocharger and run it through, what is essentially, a household swamp cooler? It seems that would be the most effective way to get cool, compressed air to the intake ports. The humidified charge would not burn as fast but I wouldn't expect that to be much of a problem.





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What you are talking about is already done by water injection and has been done since at least WW11. See numerous other detailed threads for details.
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Have you searched and read the previous threads on this topic. Some of the posts were done by real engineers with real data. You really should read them.
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RE: Why not an evaporative (swamp) intercooler?
There is little to support that a virtual swamp cooler would provide a greater temperature drop than precise direct injection.
The aircraft of WWII must have had more than a simple garden hose setup to very successfully accomplish the task.
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There are others
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