I remember reading about BMW experimenting with exhaust gas heat recovery a while back. I Googled it and came up with a few articles. Here's one for anyone that is interested: Green Car Congress: BMW Developing Steam Assist Drive Based on Waste Heat Recovery
Also, a more recent article (Note: Rankine Cycle is what a steam engine uses if memory serves): http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009...-20090503.html
__________________
No green technology will ever make a substantive environmental impact until it is economically viable for most people to use it. This must be from a reduction in net cost of the new technology, not an increase in the cost of the old technology through taxation
(Note: the car sees 100% city driving and is EPA rated at 37 mpg city)
|