So a bit of a dumb question maybe, but would you want to put a heat exchanger in a fuel tank? I reckon you wouldn't want fuel to be hot because it would vaporize?
Nobody has a heat exchanger inside the fuel tank.
Not they dont need to keep it as cool as possible since it is pre chamber combustion. The cooler the fuel is, the poorer the atomization and the more energy needed for ignition. cool fuel is only because of a air fuel mix being pre ignited by piston compression.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/merc ... n/8512037/But while Lewis Hamilton openly confessed that the team had faced some ‘obstacles’ in Barcelona, it has emerged that the team’s performance in the next Bahrain test is set to be lifted by a potentially major upgrade of aerodynamic parts.
There has even been speculation in the Barcelona paddock that it could include a heavily revised sidepod area to help further reduce the car’s drag on the straight and better manage airflow.
This does not make sense, surely the sidepods are already shrunk fit to the internal packaging, I'm sure there is room for improvement with fine tweaks, but "heavily revised" I doubt it.zibby43 wrote: ↑26 Feb 2022, 11:17https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/merc ... n/8512037/But while Lewis Hamilton openly confessed that the team had faced some ‘obstacles’ in Barcelona, it has emerged that the team’s performance in the next Bahrain test is set to be lifted by a potentially major upgrade of aerodynamic parts.
There has even been speculation in the Barcelona paddock that it could include a heavily revised sidepod area to help further reduce the car’s drag on the straight and better manage airflow.
We’ve seen them do this before with the side pods during the season. Austria 2018. There is scope for redesign.Unc1eM0nty wrote: ↑26 Feb 2022, 11:26This does not make sense, surely the sidepods are already shrunk fit to the internal packaging, I'm sure there is room for improvement with fine tweaks, but "heavily revised" I doubt it.zibby43 wrote: ↑26 Feb 2022, 11:17https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/merc ... n/8512037/But while Lewis Hamilton openly confessed that the team had faced some ‘obstacles’ in Barcelona, it has emerged that the team’s performance in the next Bahrain test is set to be lifted by a potentially major upgrade of aerodynamic parts.
There has even been speculation in the Barcelona paddock that it could include a heavily revised sidepod area to help further reduce the car’s drag on the straight and better manage airflow.
I cannot for the life of me open this link on mobile. Is there a better version? It just gets blocked my content blockers, and then when I turn them off it forces me to a payment page for f1tv!zibby43 wrote:We’ve seen them do this before with the side pods during the season. Austria 2018. There is scope for redesign.Unc1eM0nty wrote: ↑26 Feb 2022, 11:26This does not make sense, surely the sidepods are already shrunk fit to the internal packaging, I'm sure there is room for improvement with fine tweaks, but "heavily revised" I doubt it.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... 4s0e2.html
Drag isn't just the size of a thing, it's the shape of the thing too. They can change the shape to reduce drag without making it have a smaller volume.Unc1eM0nty wrote: ↑26 Feb 2022, 11:26This does not make sense, surely the sidepods are already shrunk fit to the internal packaging, I'm sure there is room for improvement with fine tweaks, but "heavily revised" I doubt it.zibby43 wrote: ↑26 Feb 2022, 11:17https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/merc ... n/8512037/But while Lewis Hamilton openly confessed that the team had faced some ‘obstacles’ in Barcelona, it has emerged that the team’s performance in the next Bahrain test is set to be lifted by a potentially major upgrade of aerodynamic parts.
There has even been speculation in the Barcelona paddock that it could include a heavily revised sidepod area to help further reduce the car’s drag on the straight and better manage airflow.
Wonder if they might copy the Williams idea and have a small outlet on the sidepods?Just_a_fan wrote:Drag isn't just the size of a thing, it's the shape of the thing too. They can change the shape to reduce drag without making it have a smaller volume.Unc1eM0nty wrote: ↑26 Feb 2022, 11:26This does not make sense, surely the sidepods are already shrunk fit to the internal packaging, I'm sure there is room for improvement with fine tweaks, but "heavily revised" I doubt it.
there is no way to do that without fitting a heat exchanger to the tank.
Interesting. One of the conclusions of the Vanj66 guy in his CFD analysis of a hypothetical micro-pod vs tub-pod design was that the micropod has a somewhat "inherent" lack of efficiency compared to the tub pod model. It seemed to be related to the way the sidepod changes the pressure distribution in front of the rear tires.zibby43 wrote: ↑26 Feb 2022, 11:17https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/merc ... n/8512037/But while Lewis Hamilton openly confessed that the team had faced some ‘obstacles’ in Barcelona, it has emerged that the team’s performance in the next Bahrain test is set to be lifted by a potentially major upgrade of aerodynamic parts.
There has even been speculation in the Barcelona paddock that it could include a heavily revised sidepod area to help further reduce the car’s drag on the straight and better manage airflow.