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MICHEAL SZ
injection of water steam helps actually cooling down the manifold/throttle body.
Nothing more. Your fuel efficiency is better because you're concentrated more o
n 'watching the gauge' than on pushing it down on the throttle pedal ;) Anyway,
I like people like you, because they're so fun to watch 'exploring' the things t
hat the hi-school physics textbook would overrule at the very first glance ;) Ke
ep on, it's always better than drugs :)
kremene
I see here only idiots.Steam is hot water and from Chemistry point of view is a
mix of Hydrogen and oxygen.hydrogen is the most energetic element in UNIVERSE.Wh
en is combustion in oxygen results 143 Kj for every gram of Hydrogen.Gasoline of
fer only 44 Kj of energy.So Steam INCREASE POWER OF ENGINE AND HELPS TO IMPROVE
BURNING OF GASOLINE.Thats why never smoke when steam is injected in manifold.che
k on Google Patents Yuri Yatsenko US PAtent Application 021507 from 2007(Septemb
er 20)
Marius Moldoveanu
steam cool down the air/ mixture during compression, reducing pumping looses and
then over-expand on power stroke and further cool the gases during exhaust stro
ke. That's why you get higher vacuum on idle and less "smoke" - vapors in fact on exhaust. Engine load based variable volume improve the combustion preventing
spark plugs wetting. Comparing to large water droplets injection the steam is a
lready "energetically charged" so for less added energy still have expansion pot
ential ..
Steven Palmore
not sure about the vacuum issue , but when splitting molecules any kid of stess
helps break them down , steam injection is like electrolysis on the fly , first
heat turns the water in to saturated steam , under 400F, some of the mol. give u
p its basic components , then the compression stroke break some more, then BANG
electricity !!!!then more fire , heat and pressure , well DANG!!!! a lot of the
molecules break apart to basic gas's I had a Nissan 1.9 liter up to 80 MPG and w
as not using a pump
Harlan Cassel
The increase in vacuum you see is due to the cooling effect of the steam. The st
eam you are providing the engine is low quality (high water content) and the wat
er then boils off in the engine removing heat. This causes the internal temperat
ure to go down and increases vacuum. The steam also plays a part in combustion,
and preheating fuel/air. This does not change AFRs (with the exception of the mo
re efficient burn possible with the water.)
john kruschke
the steam does not burn, and takes up space in the combustion chamber, acting li
ke nitrus-oxide does(increasing compression), also it steam cleans the parts in
the pathway through the engine, and out of the tali pipe, furthermore as the ste
am is h20 in a mist(suspension in air), the carbon in the emissions of the engin
e drop out or the exhaust stream and are absorbed into the water vapour exiting
the tailpipe(check for black coloured water in the tailpipe)-- more later, best
wishes

RT JaKaL
Now also the water enters the combustion chamber and on the power stroke when ev
erything is getting hot poof turns to steam, a massive expansion. At 212 degrees F
ahrenheit water expands approximately 1700 times it s original volume, making this
a significant reaction. Gasoline is formulated with lubricating properties offs
etting cylinder washout and failure and keeps carbon from gunking the cylinder w
alls and spark plugs. Its like steam cleaning engine parts, there s no better way
to do it.
There s a couple of things going on, not everything coming out of that tube was st
eam, it was spitting hot liquid h2o as well. So we have steam, water and heat be
ing added to the mix. The heat in both the steam and the water from what I have
read lowers the temperature of the combustion chambers lowering the formation of
NOx but at the same time the heat is much hotter than the air/fuel charge and h
eating this increases the gasification of the petrol before it arrives in the co
mbustion chamber.
martin taylor
Its been possible since ww2 when bombers and fighters used water/steam injection
to boost engine power for takoffs and emergency boost situations. Water and ste
am injection are basically the same thing but just delivering the same thing to
the workface in different states. Steaminjection would be the better way to go a
s it pre heats the induction charge ,therefor vapourising the fuel in the charge
more thoroughly as well as expanding in the cylinder upon combustion causing be
tter detonation.
1978smartass
How much energy does it actually take to create the steam? I could image making
steam from the exhaust heat could make an interesting difference. An interesting
observation that I've made with my own vehicles is that they run better in rain
y weather. But I don't know if they are more efficient. However, torque seems to
increase. My vw polo 1999 also has an air inlet tube straight above the exhaust
manifold so intake air is pre-heated by the exhaust manifold, for quicker start
up engine heating
Journalistification
From eagle-reaserch dot kom internal combustion engines run/make power on steam
not liquid gasoline or water etc.... liquid fuel it's turn to fuel vapor/ gas in
the process before power stroke but not all liquid fuel makes it to a vapor/gas
form this is "wasted fuel" then gets trapped and burn at the cat. converter. By
adding a gas (water vapor like you show or gas vapor) in the intake tube or dir
ectly to intake manifold ur are assisting/ helping the engine to burn more effic
ient .......
Another side note*** the steam/water gas/vapor injected to the throtle body may
affect in a negative way the rubber seals by soften them and wear them out, or t
he sensors too But i cannot verify this just something to think bout it, on cont
rary if you inject it directly into a port you drill or have in the manifold of
the intake side you can avoid any bad side effects it may occur and still make m
ore power / more efficient engine. Good luck!
peter rotgans
At lambda is 1 you need about 12 kg of air for 1kg of fuel so there is a lot of
vapour in the air. When the mixture is compressed by either the compression str

oke or during the detonation the heavier parts of the gasoline will condensate
onto the colder parts of the combustion chamber due to the partial vapour pressu
re(e.g. Octane has a boiling point of 135C). This condensation is very brief, ho
wever it demixes the fuel and is the cause of unburnt hydrocarbons.
Adding so much water that it condenses before the heavier parts is impossible by
means of air humidity. But... when you make an aerosol with water (generally ca
lled fog) you will be able to make the air condensate before the heavier parts o
f gasoline. And even if the heavier parts condensate onto the water, the more v
olatile water will propel them faster back into the flame.
When you put the tube on the air filter you see a fog outside the air filter, bu
t as the hot H2O molecules are sucked in through the filter there is also a fog
inside the air filter.
The result is a more complete burn en though more water is dripping out of the
tailpipe there are no soot particles to start plume condensation on.
The higher vacuuum could come from A. a higher rpm - or B. the fog moisture clos
ing a bit of the gap of the throttle valve.