I HAS A NIT!
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Instead - might I suggest some flex hose (4"), a big gate valve, and some pipe insulation, wrapped around a bit of stainless steel that leads 'out'? Assuming a 2" dual exhaust and an exhaust profile similar to that of a modern Harley, that should fit the bill..
As for draining off the air in the station.. well, poop, call someone and order a big 'ol air tank! I eat _asteroids_, and a lot of that cracks straight into good 'ol O2, though the nitrates to make earth-normal might be a bit hard to come by.
come to think of it, run the bike on O2/Fuel.. it'll just think it's gone to Fuel Heaven.. Until the big D is through the gate and discos the bottle. (or hose leading to same.. physical tether through interdimensional gate?)
nit, picked. enjoyed the show regardless, "moar", as the geeks say.Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979
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Quote:given what I understand about Infernal Combustion engines (turbine = piston for the purposes of this nit), your setup would last only as long as the pressure in the pressure vessel was _signifigantly_ lower than that of ambient - and the turbine is going to be dumping quite a lot of hot high-pressure gas into the vessel, which would make a reg the absolute wrong thing here.
We'd finally come up with a way to capture my bike's exhaust fumes that wouldn't interfere with the bike going through the portal. In essence, it was a pressure tank hooked up to the tailpipe with a slow-flow regulator so it didn't suck all the gases in the engine out at once, plus some water-cooling gear around the turbine, all mounted on a small antigravity sled.
Instead - might I suggest some flex hose (4"), a big gate valve, and some pipe insulation, wrapped around a bit of stainless steel that leads 'out'? Assuming a 2" dual exhaust and an exhaust profile similar to that of a modern Harley, that should fit the bill..
As for draining off the air in the station.. well, poop, call someone and order a big 'ol air tank! I eat _asteroids_, and a lot of that cracks straight into good 'ol O2, though the nitrates to make earth-normal might be a bit hard to come by.
come to think of it, run the bike on O2/Fuel.. it'll just think it's gone to Fuel Heaven.. Until the big D is through the gate and discos the bottle. (or hose leading to same.. physical tether through interdimensional gate?)
nit, picked. enjoyed the show regardless, "moar", as the geeks say.Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979