Heh,
there is a concept by BMW where this rather low grade heat
is captured by generating steam, and used for additional power :D
It is called steam assist:
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/12/bmw_developing_.html
bob allen wrote:
> Gary L. Green wrote:
> > Over 60% lost as heat. Should be
Gary L. Green wrote:
> Over 60% lost as heat. Should be some way of recovering that energy.
hydroponic gardening in your back seat?
mobile clothes drier?
the problem is the energy is low grade, Ie, delta T is low, making the
extraction of useful work difficult.
Combined cycle gas turbines can
Over 60% lost as heat. Should be some way of recovering that energy.
Ideas folks?
On 5 Apr 2006, at 02:34, Tomas Juknevicius wrote:
> Hi folks,
> news entry at green car congress article @
> http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/04/national_academ.html
> has some nice pictures with percentages
