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Old 10-02-2015, 06:17 PM   #28 (permalink)
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If all the heat expelled through given opening is assumed to be recovered at parity (1:1) in mechanical effort in the airflow and compared to the energy needed drive the airflow (for the whole vehicle, or just the windshield area), then that will put you in the rule-of-thumb ballpark.

It will never be 1:1.
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