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echo: homepowr
to: CRAIG HEALY
from: TIM HUTZLER
date: 1997-10-30 18:13:00
subject: Re: Chevy Co-Gen investi

?->BTW, I presume that the 93% effiency is the net electricity + heat
?->production, since diesel engines are not that effient by themselves.
CH>The 93% is the electricity + heat produced by the natural gas unit.
CH>Diesel's about 90%.  I expect to speak with the fellow from R. A.
CH>Mitchell today, so will confirm those figures...
The 90% is probably close enough. If you recapture the heat from
the exhaust and block, you can increase the figure to almost 99%.
But, the risks with exhaust recapture seems not worth being too
stingy. [grin]
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