>> What might this mean? Very clear liquid, had run the air conditioning if
>> this would matter. Thanks for any help!!
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>> Dean
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> Internal combustion engines create water when running.
It doesn't create water, the water is already in the air it takes in for
combustion in the form of humidity. That humidity just condenses in the exhaust
as it cools. Live in a very humid area, you get a fair amount of water out the
exhaust, live in a dry climate you get less.
>The
> water is created in the form of steam. However until the
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> Ed
C. E. White - 30 Mar 2005 16:32 GMT
>>> What might this mean? Very clear liquid, had run the air conditioning if
>>> this would matter. Thanks for any help!!
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> exhaust as it cools. Live in a very humid area, you get a fair amount of
> water out the exhaust, live in a dry climate you get less.
Certainly some of the water in the exhaust comes from the water vapor in the
air. However, more is created when you burn gasoline. After all, this is how
you get the energy out. You are convreting a hydrocarbon (hydrogen + carbon)
fuel into water (H20), Carbondioxide (CO2), some other stuff (CO, NOX, etc)
and energy. The amount of water created by combining ozygen and hydrogen in
most cases is greater than the vapor included with the intake charge.
Try looking at http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem99/chem99583.htm .
I'll net it out. For each gallon of gasoline you burn, you'll create
somewhere around 1 gallon of water.
Ed
pick one - 31 Mar 2005 01:20 GMT
>>>> What might this mean? Very clear liquid, had run the air conditioning if
>>>> this would matter. Thanks for any help!!
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> Ed
Interesting thanks for the link.