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Old 28th February 2009 | 21:20
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Smilin_Ed
 
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Increased Thermal Efficiency

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(Actually, increased fuel temperature would incrementally improve thermal efficiency.)
How so, got any numbers?
No. Remember, I said incrementally. I doubt if it would even be measurable. But, any heat that you recover from the oil and feed back into the fuel means more heat to be released when the fuel burns. Just basic thermodynamics.
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