hurril wrote: ↑09 Aug 2019, 19:32
Jolle wrote: ↑09 Aug 2019, 16:03
hurril wrote: ↑09 Aug 2019, 10:50
I've always wondered if Mercedes aren't using the fuel to help with the cooling of their air-to-water intercooler because of the opportunities that its placement provides.
Because the intercooler is next to the fuel? Direct interaction would be difficult, the kevlar bladder is also a good insulator and the fuel is inside the safety cell while the intercooler is outside. I don't think the have some kind of "fuel vapour" system that coincides with the intercooler, this would need much plumbing that it would have caught the eye before.
I wasn't thinking of any sort of compressor/ vapour-deal. Just a simple: heat up a rather large mass of something very cool.
In place since at least 2017:
6.5.2 No fuel intended for immediate use in a car may be more than ten degrees centigrade below
ambient temperature. When assessing compliance, the ambient temperature will be that
recorded by the FIA appointed weather service provider one hour before any practice session
or two hours before the race. This information will also be displayed on the timing monitors.
The temperature of fuel intended for use in a car must be measured via an FIA approved and
sealed sensor.
6.5.3 The use of any device on board the car to decrease the temperature of the fuel is forbidden.