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Originally Posted by P-hack
But that 144 watts is coming from a "maybe" %65 efficient alternator, being driven by a "maybe" %30 efficient ICE... So that 144 watts represents 740 "watts" of fuel.
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That is roughly the expenditure of one horsepower.
If that expenditure can result in a 2-3% increase of BMEP then you gain several more horsepower at your loadpoint.
This is not power that comes from some magical ether. It is power inherent in the fuel and is lost. All an effective hydrogen augmented combustion system does is minimize the burn before top-dead-center and the pressure gradient at angles after bottom-dead-center. Those pressure gradients are "negative" or lost power potentials.