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Capturing Waste Heat with Quantum Mechanics

Posted by michael on from the grease-monkeys-replaced-with-electron-monkeys dept.

TheMatt writes: "There is a summary of a Phys.Rev.Lett. article up at Nature Science Update that describes a design for a 'quantum afterburner' that would improve the efficiency of an Otto engine. It improves the efficiency by using a laser and maser to extract energy from the hot exhaust of the engine. In fact, the process could enhance performance beyond that of the "ideal" Otto engine."

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  1. And by extension... by Shouldbeworking · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So, logically then, laser beams could be powered by farts, right? Excited gas molecules. Of course they'd have to be really HOT farts...