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The issue is not corrosion but buildup, which detergents help to disperse. High pressure itself doesn't cause high sheer forces during fluid flow, rather high v
by elil17 4y ago
The issue is not corrosion but buildup, which detergents help to disperse. High pressure itself doesn't cause high sheer forces during fluid flow, rather high velocity does. Any regions of the system with low velocity w.r.t. the surface could still experience buildups. Whether that happens in practice is certainly debated.
As a practical matter, it doesn't make a difference because almost everyone occasionally uses detergent gasoline (e.g., when that is the most convenient gas station).
- seniorThrowaway 4y agoI thought all gasoline had some detergents in it, not just the name brand stuff? I understood it as the name brand places add extra detergents or fancier additives, according to their marketing at least.
- staringback 4y ago> High pressure itself doesn't cause high sheer forces during fluid flow, rather high velocity does I am definitely not someone with experience in fluid mechanics, but I feel this goes against a layman's understanding of it? Could you provide some quick material on this claim so I could understand it? I already tried searching it but due to my limited knowledge of the subject I couldn't word my search to get the results I wanted.