To: So Cal Rocket
"I know for sure as I am working on the project... it works as you described." Oops, I should have read your earlier post. Membrane separation seems like a reasonable approach.
SCR, do you have any comments on the likelihood of a fuel tank explosion on TWA-800? How hot does jet fuel need to be to explode at 13,000 ft?
27 posted on
02/17/2004 8:12:44 PM PST by
HangThemHigh
(Entropy's not what it used to be.)
To: HangThemHigh
Read up on the supposed fuel tank explosion in the Philippines. The plane did not blow apart. It burned on the ground, in one piece.
28 posted on
02/17/2004 8:15:27 PM PST by
eno_
(Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
To: HangThemHigh
One problem is that, at 13,000 feet, the fuel is, and has been since takeoff, chilling down pretty fast.
29 posted on
02/17/2004 8:17:11 PM PST by
eno_
(Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
To: HangThemHigh
How hot does jet fuel need to be to explode at 13,000 ft? As a kid I had a lot of experience lighting and re-lighting kerosene space heaters. I lit some when the burner elements were still red hot. You could get your hair burned off with the rush of flame, but there was never anything like an explosion.
33 posted on
02/17/2004 8:24:32 PM PST by
js1138
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