star882
02-04-2007, 02:05 AM
Dihydrogen Monoxide, also known as R718, is promised to be an environmentally friendly refrigerant, with (supposedly) zero ODP and GWP. But why aren't we using it much? Here's why:
http://www.dhmo.org/
Some of the known perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide are:
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Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals.
Contamination of electrical systems often causes short-circuits.
Now we know. It's so reactive that it destroys compressors. Some have tried making compressors resistant to R718, but most have just gave up on R718 and decided to use other refrigerants.
http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=134349
I have seen some affects of dihydrogen monoxide that were pretty good. If you saturate an attractively built woman in a tee shirt with dihydrogen monoxide, it can be quite sexually stimulating.I think that's what happened a few years ago in high school when someone vented a few pounds of R718 right at me. If only the "no venting" law applied to R718... (But at least I realized that R718 does work as a refrigerant!)
It is also a greenhouse gas. It retains a LOT of heat below on the earth when in semi-condensed status in the air...For some reason, all the information sheets I could find about R718 list the GWP as 0. I wonder what's the real GWP value...
http://www.dhmo.org/
Some of the known perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide are:
...
Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals.
Contamination of electrical systems often causes short-circuits.
Now we know. It's so reactive that it destroys compressors. Some have tried making compressors resistant to R718, but most have just gave up on R718 and decided to use other refrigerants.
http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=134349
I have seen some affects of dihydrogen monoxide that were pretty good. If you saturate an attractively built woman in a tee shirt with dihydrogen monoxide, it can be quite sexually stimulating.I think that's what happened a few years ago in high school when someone vented a few pounds of R718 right at me. If only the "no venting" law applied to R718... (But at least I realized that R718 does work as a refrigerant!)
It is also a greenhouse gas. It retains a LOT of heat below on the earth when in semi-condensed status in the air...For some reason, all the information sheets I could find about R718 list the GWP as 0. I wonder what's the real GWP value...