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Old 06-17-2008, 12:21 PM   #5 (permalink)
Krieg
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Bah, forget that TEG nonsense.

I've got one word for you: Organic Rankine Bottoming Cycle.

It's cogeneration for your car. Take your hot exhaust, run it through a boiler, boil a refrigerant (Florinol 50, usually), run that refrigerant through a turbine coupled to a generator, and get "free" energy from the waste heat.

All these ideas are great, but the capital cost will kill you (not unlike diesels or hybrids).
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