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Originally Posted by sheepdog 44
This is actually a real concept. Water under high current and voltage will vaporize and expand violently into steam. The expansion is where the motive energy comes from, not compression. I can't recall if the application was automotive or for a gun. I think the guy didn't fully understand the concept or just didn't express it well. Either way, i don't think his car actually ran using it. I'll try to find a link.
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...however, I'd venture that they put IN a lot more
ELECTRICAL POWER (kW) than they got OUT in "useful"
MECHANICAL POWER, ie: Efficiency (%) is P(out)/P(in)
1 HP =
0.745699872 kW or basically
746 W.