I would hope it only produces a flame-out as it would in the jet rather
than a catastrophic failure.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/29/2012 1:10 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> Indeed, Chuck. But then jet engines work only while the fuel pump (or its
> backup) is doing its job.
>
> Chris
>
> On 29 Nov 2012, at 00:48, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Until the hydrogen pump breaks down. :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 11/28/2012 2:08 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>>> And there must be no problem with the resulting heating of the liquid
>>> hydrogen. Yes, very clever.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 28 Nov 2012, at 18:33, "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Seems that they've solved that little problem by using the liquid
>>>> hydrogen as an inlet precooler. Clever, much like using exhaust steam as a
>>>> feedwater heater to improve the efficiency of a steam engine.
>>>
>>
>
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