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Many years ago I briefly had a thought experiment about converting a gasoline/oxygen combustion engine into a sodium/water combustion engine. Solid fuel mixing
by willis936 6y ago
Many years ago I briefly had a thought experiment about converting a gasoline/oxygen combustion engine into a sodium/water combustion engine. Solid fuel mixing concerns aren’t the primary issue. The primary issue is the energy density is just so danged low compared to gasoline. However, compared to electric batteries, sodium is far more energy dense.
- kaliszad 6y agoWell, there are patents for running diesel engines with sodium, at least I was told so much by my father who researched the problem thoroughly. The density isn't that low considering using a fuel cell, you can convert the energy a lot more efficiently. Also you don't just burn up the fuel into the air as currently, there is no industrial process to collect the CO_2 and other gases produced from the exhaust.