[rollei_list] Re: OT - "NIH Syndrome" (was: Liquid Lenses)
- From: Bernard <bernard_cousineau@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:40:30 -0500
> True. My proposal to solve this problem is to pass the exhaust
> successively through one or more turbos, like those on ordinary
> turbocharged cars, so as to extract the maximum energy from the heat.
> Each turbo would be coupled, not to a compressor, but to a generator,
> and this would add to the electricity generated.
>
> Also, conventional turbine engines are expensive. Mine would be
> (relatively) inexpensive.
GM made a few of their EV1's using small turbine engines as generators. You may
want to do a patent search to see how they dealt with these and other issues.
Bernard
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