Chapter 5
The engine of Palenque
Personally I believe the engine on the plate of the sarcophagus of Palenque is a engine with not too hot a chemical reaction (in comparison with engines with extremely hot gas). The plan by sculptor will not leave any doubt. Furthermore, the whole is my pure personal opinion.
The tanks for liquid fuel:
We're beginning with a different explanation. Tanks for liquid combustion, compared with very heavy tanks of gas. I would say that if the weight of gas amounted to 100 kg, then are the empty tank amounts to approx. 100 kg (depending on the gas pressure of course). For a tank of liquid fuel instead, for 100 kilograms of liquid, serves only an empty tank of approx. 5 kg!
In addition, a engine powered by gas, develops much heat. This then must be disposed of through a very heavy cooling system. But that weight does not want to bring him up.
The engine
And now move on the real engine. First an old photo of the times where there was still nothing falsified ........ mkh
Here you can see clearly the 2 "jerry cans" which should serve as reservoirs for liquids for combustion. The genius of this engine is based on the principle that the gas propulsion goes out parallel. Our thrusters today have a degree of effectiveness of approx. 30 %, but this engine shows a degree of effectiveness by over 90%!
The thrusters today:
© 1967, by Mondo Verlag A.-G. Lausanne
If you compare pictures of the sarcophagus of Palenque with diagrams of a modern engine, then you realize that there is almost nothing in common.
The engine of Palenque IS NOT a engine type of "von Braun." Therefore we must forget actually space technology.
You can see from this draft, the shear flow of the engine of Palenque goes out parallel. With this I would say that the strength of thrust vector runs - compared to our engine type von Braun - almost 100 percent in the right direction.
This means that we need much less propulsion and so can also save the less weight of having to carry fuel.
This engine is powered chemically as ours, but was planed under completely different circumstances.
- light thrust propulsion
- long-term thrust propulsion
- low pressure in the combustion chamber
- average temperature in the room and acceptable propulsion
- Small spaceship very light, elementary sparsley equipped
Other clear disadvantages of today's engine type von Braun are:
- The strong pressure in the combustion chamber is an obstacle to the new power of fuel. This requires strong turbine pumps. This also adds to the weight.
- In part the strong pressure has become heat rather than thrust. This requires a heavy cooling device. This also adds to the weight.
- The strong pressure in the combustion chamber requires heavy walls of the combustion chamber itself, which resist this pressure. Again, this also adds to the weight.
© 2008.04 Pierluigi Peruzzi - last edition 30.06.2008
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