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Old 05-25-2018, 02:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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It isn't a new idea. In fact, it has been produced commercially more than 20 years ago:
Continental Emitec GmbH


Even so, there's a bunch of recent patents:
https://scholar.google.nl/scholar?q=...=1&oi=scholart

One relatively readable scientific publication:
https://pure.tue.nl/ws/files/3268429/Metis237278.pdf

Then there is...

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For education go to people unlike yourself.

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