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Old 09-30-2008, 07:23 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Waste Heat from Exhaust

Has anyone considered making a heat driven motor or a 50 / 50 heat, exhaust gas motor to drive an alternator? Base the idea on a rear end of a turbo. But use a blade less rotor such as a Tesla turbine for reduce power loss from the engine. And the heat driven motor could use the waste energy from the exhaust tube to drive the alternator. While the waste heat is not free it certainly wasn't being used to begin with.

Just a thought

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