Re: Open-Source Armchair Critics At It Again

On 2026-07-29 20:59, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> 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.

Sure; but you do not need an extra external compressor doing it. 
Instead, you put another wheel on the turbine. Turbines can have wheel 
sets spinning at different speeds.

> 
>> 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.

Sure, that is the goal of the most modern tries of turbine powered cars. 
The turbine powers a generator that charges a battery that powers 
electric motors that spin the wheels. What is called a series hybrid.


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