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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
when co-generation is utilized where the exhaust heat is used to generate additional power
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Sounds a little like a turbodiesel.
I work on small power generating gas turbines. At light load they are horribly inefficient.
At or near full load they are very impressive for their size.
Piston engines manage to keep a good portion of their efficiency even at light load.
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