Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
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On 03/01/07 00:56, Freddy Freeloader wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 02/28/07 23:25, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 09:39:58PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:35:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>>>> Hybrids are not supposed to get great mileage on the highway. Their
>>>>>> forte is stop-and-go city/suburb driving.
>>>>>>
> [snip]
>
>>>> plug-in hybrid is what I see as the best option for US driving
>>>> habits. efficiency short range, but long range capacity.
>>>>
>
> Yes, w/o plug-in, hybrids are useless except in buses, taxi-cabs,
> trash trucks.
>
> Does anyone know why the engine that charges the batteries couldn't
> be a turbine instead of ICE? Since it doesn't need to be variable
> speed like a directly-powered vehicle, it could be tuned to it's
> most energy-efficient RPM, and either be on-or-off.
>
> And after the hot moving gases spin the generator, there's still
> lots of energy left in the gases, so they could be used again, to
> spin another generator, or maybe a supercharger. Or both.
>
> You mean like this?
>
> http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/
Ummm, sorta. But no. :P
Seriously, it would be more like the turbines describe on these pages:
http://www.gasturbine.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/newpage.htm
http://www.gasturbine.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/page2.htm
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