The Motor Development International (MDI) is a French based company planning to produce the world's first air-powered automobile for the U.S by 2010.
The compressed air car contains compressed-air engine technology. The compressed air engine contains high pressured air tanks with a specially adapted piston engine. The air car can go up to 70mph/120kmph. The one of the compressed air car model is “MiniCATS”. It is a three seater model. In addition, CitiCATS is another model of compressed air car and it is a six seater car.
The compressed air technologies are single energy compressed engine and dual energy compressed engine. The single energy compressed engine used in both MiniCATS and CitiCATS. The engine of the car will fill with compressed car and the engine tank will be made with carbon-fiber. The carbon-fiber reduces the car weight.
The new technologies, which are used in compressed air car, are a Pneumatic Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). The PHEV will work along with electric motor to create power source. But the compressed air cars are limited to city use only.
The compressed air car contains compressed-air engine technology. The compressed air engine contains high pressured air tanks with a specially adapted piston engine. The air car can go up to 70mph/120kmph. The one of the compressed air car model is “MiniCATS”. It is a three seater model. In addition, CitiCATS is another model of compressed air car and it is a six seater car.
The compressed air technologies are single energy compressed engine and dual energy compressed engine. The single energy compressed engine used in both MiniCATS and CitiCATS. The engine of the car will fill with compressed car and the engine tank will be made with carbon-fiber. The carbon-fiber reduces the car weight.
The new technologies, which are used in compressed air car, are a Pneumatic Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). The PHEV will work along with electric motor to create power source. But the compressed air cars are limited to city use only.
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The compressed air car could work as a plug in hybrid electric vehicle. Here is how, when the vehicle is charging an electrically powered 4 stage piston air compressor is filling the air tank(s). There would be intercooling between each stage with the heat of compression being carried away by conventional automotive liquid cooling. Instead of wasting this heat it can be stored in an insulated tank filled with paraffin or a eutectic salt solution. These can absorb a lot of heat. When the vehicle is running the compressor becomes a 4 stage expansion engine which would use the stored heat to reheat the expanding air restoring most of the original energy used.
Now comes the good part. The reheating can be boosted by using the waste heat from a small gasoline engine boosting the power and range of the compressed air engine. A piston engine would not need a transmission and would be great for regenerative braking. The power from the gasoline engine would be used to run the compressor motor as an alternator and supplement the power of the air engine.
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