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Old 06-19-2008, 02:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
Andyman
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I've seen that before. I think he's being too optimistic about the fuel savings. I haven't seen any test results so far. BMW was experimenting with using a steam engine (the Turbosteamer) to use the waste heat of a gasoline engine and they said that the efficiency would be up to 15% better. It seems wasteful to allow the exhaust gas to escape and then use just the heated combustion chamber to generate steam. I wonder if it would be better to inject water into cylinder during the power stroke and keep the engine running as a four stroke.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosteamer

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