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Originally Posted by Daox
The implementation is relatively simple, you weld a sleeve around the exhaust pipe (depending on the pressures you may need a thicker pipe). Fill it with water, and route a line to something that will do work for you. I was thinking of routing the outlet to a turbine that spins an alternator. All the benefits of an alternator delete, but no plugging in to recharge. Depending on the efficiency, you very well may even have excess power. I haven't even really thought of how else to use this yet.
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It might work on a hybrid to partially recharge the batteries. But with steam you'd have to condense it, which would require a heat exchanger (adding to the complexity); or, you could vent the steam to atmosphere, but then you'd have to replenish the water periodically (and haul around the weight of the water in the meantime).