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Originally Posted by Stan
On a tangentially related note, In 1963 Rover entered a turbine powered car in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, and averaged 6 mpg. A year later they averaged 13 mpg with essentially the same engine, only using the exhaust air to preheat the intake air. With hot intake air the engine was down several horsepower, but since it was able to go twice as many laps between refills, its overall performance didn't suffer much.
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Stan actually when regeneration is used with a turbine it is used after the compressor and not at the intake. The following should clear up how it works for you.
http://web.me.unr.edu/me372/Spring20...generation.pdf
Unfortunately regeneration is hard to do in a piston engine.