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Re:High-power thermoelectric generator utilises thermal diff... by Gracana on Monday July 09, 2018 @01:59PM (#17492130)
The typical way to extract power from exhaust gas heat is to add a turbo.
Re:High-power thermoelectric generator utilises thermal diff... by semi-extrinsic on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @02:37AM (#17495894)
And in Formula 1 now this is done "completely" with the waste heat recovery units. Basically, a normal turbo frequently generates more boost pressure than the engine can use, so the recovered power is just wasted again through a wastegate. But in F1, they've managed to build very long turbo shafts, so they can be coupled to an electric motor, and thus remove excess boost by generating electricity.