Re: Open-Source Armchair Critics At It Again

On 2026-07-29, Carlos E. R. <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2026-07-29 19:17, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> On 29/07/2026 18:13, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>
>>> In theory, you could run a second turbine on those hot gases of the 
>>> exhaust.
>>
>> Its called a turbocharger.
>
> On piston motors, yes. I have never seen a turbine powered car, so I 
> don't know what they actually do.

Look and sound sexy.

> I understand a turbocharger generates compressed clean air to feed the 
> motor intake; this is not needed for a turbine car plant.

Yes it is; you still have to compress the fuel-air mixture before you
burn it.  The compressor is an integral part of a turbine engine.

> What a car would do is use the exhaust hot gases to generate more 
> electricity instead.

That's a possibility.  However, it might be easier to just drive
a generator off the main turbine, like aircraft engines do.

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