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Thanks to my step-dad, Dave Fawver, for the seed of this project. He gave me an old Subaru STI turbo, and a YouTube link to a turbojet engine. Lots of fire, high temperature materials, what am I going to say? No? On another note here, I would like to thank Albuquerque Academy, specifically Kevin Fowler and Dave Majewski, for their financial and resource support on this project.
500,000 BTU/hr generally warms things up. So...flames meet 3 stage cooling. One lubricating high- temperature oil loop, one high- temperature water cooling loop, and one low- temperature water cooling loop with a heat exchanger to a disposable water cooler sunk about 10% of that 500,000btu. The rest went towards my ongoing commitment towards global warming. (Hey, don’t blame me,.I have an electric vehicle!)
Let ‘er rip! Unfortunately I did not seal the combustion chamber well enough, so I could only operate with a small inlet air speed (in this case a leaf blower operated by Mr. Fowler). The air coming out the other end was about 2000C hotter and 500mph faster. Look below for some videos!
Thanks to my step-dad, Dave Fawver, for the seed of this project. He gave me an old Subaru STI turbo, and a YouTube link to a turbojet engine. Lots of fire, high temperature materials, what am I going to say? No? On another note here, I would like to thank Albuquerque Academy, specifically Kevin Fowler and Dave Majewski, for their financial and resource support on this project.
I am not particularly fond of burning whole tanks of propane in a few minutes, so here is a solution I developed. A 2kw electrolysis machine to collect hydrogen and oxygen separately. Worked wonderfully, but large bags of hydrogen gas are not that desirable. I find electrolysis to be very exciting, so expect some more on this in the future.
I am not particularly fond of burning whole tanks of propane in a few minutes, so here is a solution I developed. A 2kw electrolysis machine to collect hydrogen and oxygen separately. Worked wonderfully, but large bags of hydrogen gas are not that desirable. I find electrolysis to be very exciting, so expect some more on this in the future.