It's about this American fella who likes biofuel. Might be of some interest to some on here.
O/T Magazine article.
Dec 13, 2007
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And if you read the article, here's the Impala giving it to the Lambo:
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Not the greatest video, admittedly, but sort of interesting.
I like the twist in jet turbine engines.
Yeah, crazy, eh? Good to see that he's got plans for them super capacitors though.
There is a strong whiff of BS about all that. Turbines are not *that* much more efficient than diesel cycle engines, and the losses in a turbine-dynamo-cap-motor system are quite large, so the idea of this giving you a 3 ton car with 600BHp *and* 60mpg is just fantasy. The hydrogen injection bit is pretty much glossed over, and doesn't really make that much sense either. Self-written PR, anyone?
Turbines are actually less efficient than Otto-cycle engines. A turbine can achieve 60% thermal efficiency but only when used in a combined cycle where the hot exhaust is used to power another cycle such a steam turbine.
A typical single-stage turbine can achieve 46% TE. A typical single stage Otto-cycle engine can achieve 56% TE.
That article was so full of bullshit that he probably runs his cars on the methane that it gives off.
Running a diesel engine on biodiesel makes it silent apparently and General Motors engineers claim that you cant put a diesel in a Hummer. And he's the only person who can do an engine swap on a GM vehicle.
Yeah right.
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