Light weight Euro-diesels

"Bill Daniels" wrote

Why would the fuel boil? Glycol/water coolant doesn't boil if the engine
temps are normal.

How are the temps going to stay normal, once the fuel has gotten up to
engine operating temperature? Remember the premise that the skins will not
get rid of the heat fast enough? Someone has proven it here before. The
fuel will then get hotter and hotter, until it is boiling. The change of
state may then keep the engine from melting down, at least until all of the
fuel is gone.

Using fuel as a coolant is a respected technique used by rocket engines
and
the SR-71.

Rocket engines only use the fuel one time for cooling, and that is on the
way into the combustion chamber. If it had to recirculate to keep the
engine cool, the fuel would over pressure and over temp in a short period of
time.

The SR-71 does not use the fuel to cool the engine, but uses the fuel to
cool the hot parts of the airframe, or in other words, redistribute the hot
skin temps. It should also be noted that the fuel was very special, and
only available at a few sites around the world. Are you planning on cooling
your skins, and where are you going to get SR-71 fuel?

Sorry, but your examples are not valid. If it worked, racers would do it,
and so would some others. It does not work. those are my final words on
the subject. See ya. -)
--
Jim in NC