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Old 05-01-2020, 03:58 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tahoe_Hybrid View Post
why don't cars have Vacuum engines? post Cat to recapture lost energy?
like the Engine Flame Dancer
*The energy source would be really low grade.
*The fin and tube 'boiler' would be such an exhaust restriction as to destroy the thermal efficiency of the engine you're harvesting the exhaust from.
*The 'vacuum' engine is on the order of 1% thermally efficient.

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