The engine is easily converted to run on compressed air using air hose and solenoid switches that fit directly into the spark plug holes.
Compressed air engine car.
Each piston is then timed by using the existing timing system of the engine using 8 small electrical on off solenoids.
Zero pollution motors llc predicts air compression.
Air cars using this engine will have tanks that will probably hold about 3 200 cubic feet 90 6 kiloliters of compressed air.
The compressed air car developed by motor development international mdi founder guy negre might be the best thing to have happened to the motor engine in years.
Zero pollution motors zpm is poised to produce the first compressed air powered car for sale in the united states by mid 2019.
The vehicle s accelerator operates a valve on its tank that allows air to be released into a pipe and then into the engine where the pressure of the air s expansion will push against the pistons and turn the crankshaft.
Compressed air cars are powered by motors driven by compressed air which is stored in a tank at high pressure such as 31 mpa 4500 psi or 310 bar.
If air powered cars were so good the asian auto makers will have made them already.
The car cannot be refueled fast enough and it cost more to power the air compressor than powering the engine.
The 4 cylinder compressed air engine.
Rather than driving engine pistons with an ignited fuel air mixture compressed air cars use the expansion of compressed air in a similar manner to the expansion of steam in a steam engine.
A compressed air vehicle cav is a transport mechanism fueled by tanks of pressurized atmospheric gas and propelled by the release and expansion of the gas within a pneumatic motor cav s have found application in torpedoes locomotives used in digging tunnels and early prototype submarines potential environmental advantages have generated public interest in cav s as passenger cars but they.
The myth of the clean compressed air car continues manufacturing vehicles that run on compressed air is clean cheap and easy or so the thinking goes for a handful of niche manufacturers.
The 12 700 citycat one of the planned air car models can hit 68 mph and has a range of 125 miles.
There have been prototype cars since the 1920s with.