Hmmm, interesting. Why is the thread link posted by Begle earlier CLOSED?
Nonetheless, there were some interesting things brought up that I wish I'd seen earlier.
The "boiler" setup and picture posted by JoeSixPack, is a WHR (Waste Heat Recovery) designed by Cummins. This uses a refrigerant (R245fa) as the working fluid in an Organic Rankine Cycle to expand through a high speed Barber-Nichols turbine. The turbine is a turbine/generator unit that produces electrical power; the electrical power is then used to add work back to the shaft through a electric motor unit integrated with the flywheel.
This is a VERY complex system, and is much harder than it looks. The benefit realized is no where near coming to fruition for real world application.
Some other thoughts later when I have more time...
--Eric
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