BMW Turbosteamer technology- ICE + Steam power! Outrageous!
"The Turbosteamer – this is the name of the project – is based on the principle of the steam engine: Fluid is heated to form steam in two circuits and this is used to power the engine. The primary energy supplier is the high-temperature circuit which uses exhaust heat from the internal combustion engine as an energy source via heat exchangers. More than 80 percent of the heat energy contained in the exhaust gases is recycled using this technology. The steam is then conducted directly into an expansion unit linked to the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. Most of the remaining residual heat is absorbed by the cooling circuit of the engine, which acts as the second energy supply for the Turbosteamer. The innovative assistance drive verifiably increases the efficiency of the combined drive system by up to 15 percent. “The Turbosteamer reinforces our confidence that the internal combustion engine is undoubtedly a technology fit for the future,” comments Professor Burkhard Göschel, Member of the Board of Management responsible for development and purchasing at BMW AG."
Basically, it captures exhaust heat, creates steam, and uses that expanding steam to assist the driveshaft. Essentially, a gas-steam hybrid
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