by "The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
Published 04/21/2017 at 14:01
by "The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
Published 04/21/2017 at 14:01
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It’s very neat.
It has sodium filled valves. Sodium filled valves have a hollow head and stem filled about 60% with Sodium. Sodium has an extremely low melting point (about 100 degrees C) and boiling point (880 C). In a hard-running engine, the valves are hot enough that the sodium in the head of the valve vaporizes and travels up to the cooler stem where it condenses back to a liquid again. The phase transition from liquid to gas absorbs a lot of heat, and the condensation dumps the heat in stem where the lage metal-to-metal contact between the valve stem and guide transfers that heat to the cooling system. Without this heat pipe effect, vastly more heat would have to be transferred through the valve seat. Too much heat through the valve seat, and you get a burned valve.
Neat.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
04/21/2017 at 14:08, STARS: 0
Way to copy 1920's tech
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
04/21/2017 at 15:21, STARS: 0
Wow!