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tippmann1
Posted Nov 10, 2009 9:32 PM
simple physics.
on a traditional super-charger: the engine drives a pulley which turns a shaft connected to a compressor of some sort sending extra air into the engine.
on an electric super-charger: the engine drives a dynamo with sends electric current through wires to an electric motor that drives a shaft connected to a compressor or fan which sends air to the engine.
With each conversion of power you lose a good amount of energy to heat, and an small amount to light (remember that everything produces a tiny tiny bit of light). With an electric super-charger your converting from rotational energy to electrical energy sending it down a couple of wires and converting it right back again. An electric super-charger will never be as efficient as a traditional one.
However, if you had a gigantic power station that followed you around everywhere and a sufficiently large electric motor and a monster of a compressor then you could probably produce some real power out of that engine.  |
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