Air-Powered Car

[rambutan]

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Technology

Air cars are powered by engines, fueled by compressed air, which is stored in a tank under high pressure such as 30 MPa (4500 psi or 300 bar), following ISO 11439 [1]. The storage tank is likely to be made of carbon-fiber in order to reduce its weight while achieving the necessary strength. Instead of mixing fuel with air and burning it to drive pistons with hot expanding gases; air cars use the expansion of compressed air to drive their pistons.

guys, unsa inyu ma share ani nga topic..
for me.. very nice technology jud ni..
1st, mka help sa mother nature coz ZERO EMISSION!!
2nd, bye bye na sa mahal na gasolina..
3rd, economical jud! hehehe

and according sa Discovery channel na ako nakit-an gahapon, initially, compressed air tanks ang kelangan para muandar ang engine. pero gitrabaho na pod nila na mu cycle na pod ang used tank to be filled wd air. gets?? naglibog ko sa ako gistorya basaha nalang ni...

ARTICLE
http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...s/4217016.html

India’s largest automaker is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the gas-and-oxygen explosions of internal-combustion models, to push its engine’s pistons. Some 6000 zero-emissions Air Cars are scheduled to hit Indian streets in August of 2008.

Barring any last-minute design changes on the way to production, the Air Car should be surprisingly practical. The $12,700 CityCAT, one of a handful of planned Air Car models, can hit 68 mph and has a range of 125 miles. It will take only a few minutes for the CityCAT to refuel at gas stations equipped with custom air compressor units; MDI says it should cost around $2 to fill the car’s carbon-fiber tanks with 340 liters of air at 4350 psi. Drivers also will be able to plug into the electrical grid and use the car’s built-in compressor to refill the tanks in about 4 hours.

Of course, the Air Car will likely never hit American shores, especially considering its all-glue construction. But that doesn’t mean the major automakers can write it off as a bizarre Indian experiment — MDI has signed deals to bring its design to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa.

MODEL
[img width=500 height=282]http://media.popularmechanics.com/images/air-car-0607.jpg[/img]

ENGINE


VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P7cABdiw-w

:mrgreen: ASTEEEG!!!! :mrgreen:

[giddyboy]

oil companies will pin this project to the ground! maybe 6 ft below the ground pa! kafaet!

[bamboostix2011]

dili gyud ni eapprove sir ky ang mga oil companies malugi basin ang taga middle east ani ila nalang imnon ang gasolina ky wala ny mamalit ug ma approve man gani na

[edoy]

dugay naman ni nga concept, before pa nang nigawas ang solar power ug water powered car, kay kung imong e analyze tanan fuel ug air powered vehicle kay ang concept sa mechanism ana niya is through compression.i try gud na ug pahungawan na ang valve ug piston sa imo makina diba di jud na ka cycle tungod sa loose compression.