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Old 07-25-2017, 01:27 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
More questions occur to me... will the exhaust gases slow down as they are cooled by any significant power generation being extracted from the exhaust heat? Will that have consequences for fuel economy (back pressure) or emissions?
It doesn't sound so likely to happen, since a TEG built alongside the exhaust would basically harvest the heat that is simply wasted through irradiation from a poorly-insulated exhaust.
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