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Old 08-13-2008, 02:28 PM   #43 (permalink)
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cooling system

2.25% of your fuel's energy is lost to the cooling system.If modified to Walter Korff's specifications of 1963,those losses can be reduced to zero,and with low-technology.------------------------------------------------------------- 75% of your fuel's energy is lost in the coolant and exhaust.---------------------------------- If one were inclined to re-invent the cooling system,one might consider recovering,and doing useful work with, this 75% of energy currently being wasted(the elephant in the living room ) by all motor vehicles.---------------------------------- A person might look to Israeli solar vapor-cycle-turbo-generators,which use hermetically-sealed turbo-machinery,which capture solar pond heat( your car's engine) via heat exchangers,to run compound-turbine electric generators,using superheat"steam" created from a working fluid much like 134-A.------------------------------------------ Electricity produced,can be used to power all electric loads,provide air conditioning,and power for electric motor traction drive.------------------------------- First one's there's a billionaire!
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