OT - 60mpg Hummer!

Jan 16, 2008 2 Replies
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It is an interesting hybrid development using a very powerful gas turbine powered generator to charge a capacitor bank for short intervals. The other engine is a biodiesel truck engine.



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Kim Siddorn


As an inveterate IC engine enthusiast with (pale) green sensibilities, I found that fascinating, though I'm not sure I quite understand what he's up to - is he using a diesel *and* a turbo genset? Most interesting though is the proposal to use supercapacitors rather than storage batteries. Last time I picked up a soldering iron in anger, these fragile (particularly in terms of over-voltage) little fellows were only suitable for low power applications such as memory back-up - I'm guessing the state of the art has moved on somewhat!

Nick H

Google Supercapacitor brings a number of hits.

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looks like technology has moved on a bit.

John

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