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Old 05-04-2010, 03:28 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NiHaoMike View Post
What about inject water into the exhaust after the cat and spin a turbine with the mixture of exhaust gas and steam?

Something like this could work but water injection is not needed and would complicate the system and add weight. Mostly what would need to be done is replace the compressor side of a turbocharger with a generator run the wires and adjust the exhaust bypass for efficiency. But I do not think it would help much on a hybrid.

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