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Old 07-10-2009, 09:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Recycling heat energy

Well, When gas burns in an ICE engine, 40% is wasted as heat and 30% is used to cool the engine. Only about a quarter of the energy in the gas is converted to mechanical energy.

Do you think there would be some pretty big gains if someone came up with an efficient way to recycle the heat? Is there already a way?

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