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You mean like the MGU-H on F1 cars? Captures waste heat from the Turbo (sits between the compressor and the turbine) and turns it into electricity for the hybrid system. It can also be used the other way around, using electricity to spin up the turbo and prevent lag.On turbos, they actually use the waste pressure vs waste heat. If you could come up with a way of using the waste heat (through maybe a mini steam turbine), it would really help the gasoline engines. That would be especially helpful with a hybrid. Just think of all the heat wasted through the radiator..
It is, however, supposedly the single most expensive component on an F1 engine, so it's gonna be a while before we see them on road cars....
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/formula-1-energy-recovery-system-explained-125488.html
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