Jay,
I was thinking for a larger sub like Carsten's, if the engine
compartment was a seperate area and the waste heat could be put to good use
or disipated with heat exchangers it would an interesting way to go. Do you
know the oxygen gas volume difference between liquified O2 and 3000 psi O2?
I imagine it is pretty great. The cost of LO2 would be very expensive no
doubt.
Brian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Jay K.
> Jeffries
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:31 AM
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] sterling engine Swedish submarines
>
> Brian,
> Oxygen handling is not a trivial issue. There are a number of dive shops
> that have been laid waste by an O2 explosion and they were only handling
> intermediate pressure oxygen (i.e. <2200 psi). Hazards are compounded
> exponentially once you go above this pressure. Years ago at the first
> NITROX Conference a NASA engineer made a great presentation on these
> hazards and how to mitigate them. In a small package such as would be
> used in a PSUB plant-size efficiency and waste heat rejection in the
> compartment will become issues also with an implementation of a Sterling
> system. I keep watching developments though.
> R/Jay
>
> Respectfully,
> Jay K. Jeffries
> Andros Is., Bahamas
>
> As scarce as the truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the
> demand.
> -Josh Billings
>
>
>
>
> _____________________________________________
> From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Brian Cox
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:42 AM
> To: Personal_Submersibles@Psubs. Org
> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] sterling engine swedish submarines
>
>
> Hi All,
> Has anyone seen the sterling engines that they are using in the
> Swedish submarines now? It sounds like they have really come along way.
> I wonder how far one could go using only High pressure oxygen rather than
> liquid oxy ?
>
> http://www.subsim.com/ssr/frank1.html
>
> Check out link
>
> Brian
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