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aerohead · 02-17-2009, 07:57 PM

the hot water could power a turbo-generator as is done in Israel with solar-heated water.Refrigerant,just like in your air conditioner, is flashed to superheat with the hot water,then channeled through a multi-stage turbine,turning an electric generator.A small portion of the produced power is used to compress the gas to a pressure where it will condense back to a liquid,to repeat the cycle.----------------- If both the cooling system and exhaust heat of the engine is harvested,your looking at 2/3rds of the fuel's energy as your input energy.---------------- The electricity produced could do anything you choose.

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,268 Thanks: 24,393 Thanked 7,360 Times in 4,760 Posts	hot water the hot water could power a turbo-generator as is done in Israel with solar-heated water.Refrigerant,just like in your air conditioner, is flashed to superheat with the hot water,then channeled through a multi-stage turbine,turning an electric generator.A small portion of the produced power is used to compress the gas to a pressure where it will condense back to a liquid,to repeat the cycle.----------------- If both the cooling system and exhaust heat of the engine is harvested,your looking at 2/3rds of the fuel's energy as your input energy.---------------- The electricity produced could do anything you choose.