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Old 30th August 2017, 03:57 PM
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Yes definitely not thermocouples which are only around 6% to 7% efficient , but these new Powerchips of which they won't release the full details about efficiency, etc. Once these technologies are more efficient than a IC engine it will make no sense to have IC engines any more. Diesel locomotives around the world already run on transmissionless IC - electric systems, all their traction motors are AC motors, the diesel IC engine is purely a generator. Only very old diesel locomotives use their diesel engines for direct motion.

Even thermocouples are there already, efficiencies over 20%

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...ium-production

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