Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #40849
From: Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Heat Distribution or 2 rotor???
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:13:38 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Thanks, Al,
 
Got both.   In my search, I did run across a NASA report on the rotary engine (somewhat larger than ours) with a graph of the oil and coolant heat rejection.  A 200HP engine is a the tail end of the range, but is on the chart.  I have attached a copy in return.  Now this is for a turbocompound engine so not certain whether that effects the distribution.  But, appears to be about the same ratio.
 
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: Al Gietzen
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 12:34 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Heat Distribution or 2 rotor???

Ed;

 

I scanned the graph I have of the heat balance on the rotary.  Even after cropping it is about 2 MB. I attached a version scaled down to about 250 KB, but it bounced.  I’ll send this without the chart and then send a further reduced chart.  If it is not sufficiently legible I can send you the big version direct.

 

Way back when I applied this and didn’t fully understand what I was doing, I used the values where the arrows are; which I guess would be for quite a leaned condition.  Probably best to design cooling system based on something close to stochiemetric (1.0).

 

If the graph is unreadable; the breakdown of the energy of the fuel going in; for A/F ratio of 1.0, is:

 

39% - out the exhaust

27% - effective useable HP

15% - into the coolant

11% - unburned gases

6%  - into the oil

2%  - other

 

For the leaned condition; A/F ratio 1.15:

 

42% - out the exhaust

28% - effective useable HP

18% - into the coolant

5% - unburned gases

6%  - into the oil

1%  - other

 

Al

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Ed Anderson
Sent:
Sunday, December 23, 2007 5:41 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Heat Distribution or 2 rotor???

 

Some place in a place far away and a long time ago, I had a reference to the heat distribution of the 13B engine - 2/3 of the waste heat being rejected by coolant/radiator and 1/3 by the oil system.  However, I appear to have lost that reference, anybody on the list have any source or reference??

 

Thanks

 

Ed

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