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Could we redesign the fuel system to (safely) remove the water somehow? Or prevent the fuel from absorbing moisture in the first place?
by thisisbrians 7y ago
Could we redesign the fuel system to (safely) remove the water somehow? Or prevent the fuel from absorbing moisture in the first place?
- selectodude 7y agoIt would have to be hermetically sealed from creation to combustion at 37,000 feet. I’m sure it’s theoretically possible but so difficult as to be untenable.
- vilhelm_s 7y agoMaybe you could chill it to precipitate the ice just before loading it on the plane?
- chr1 7y agoAlternatively we could use ethanol in fuel cells, and use electric motor, unfortunately it requires either finding new catalists or a cheap source of platinum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-ethanol_fuel_cell https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-ethanol_fuel_cell