We are looking for many ways to cut down on vehicle emissions as well as
boost efficiency so what if we used compressed air to do so? We have the
technology at hand in order to make a vehicle that simply compresses what you
and I breathe and then release it like a low whiny fart without the stink.
Imagine that we fill up a party balloon with our breath and it grows to capacity
and once we let it go, the balloon wisps away do to the buildup in pressure
being released through a small point of exit. Now let’s say that we have a car
that has several scuba diving tanks that are rated for 3500 psi. Now depending
on the size of the vehicle will determine how many tanks that we have acting as
our fuel tanks. Now we have a regulator and fill-up point connected to say five
tanks each holding 3,000 psi of air.
We then run the air through an opposed piston engine that releases the air into
the cylinder though a small nozzle there for pushing the piston and rotating the
crankshaft all while pushing the opposed cylinder into position making it ready
for pressurization. Now we could also use this technology through a Wankel
Rotary therefore spinning the rotor and expelling the air through the exit point
after nearly a full revolution. Since there are no possibilities for detonation
you could run the RPM’s to blistering speeds. Plus there would only be slight
heat made from friction there for you would not need any radiator or water pump.
And if you could place a regenerative braking system in the vehicle as well as
capacitors to save the energy then you could run an electric power steering and
A/C compressor of electricity therefore making the engine only power the front
or rear wheels through a highly efficient CVT transmission.
Regenerative braking systems are becoming inexpensive and with the Mazda i-ELOOP
capacitors you can add electricity storage without the weight of a lithium
battery pack. Plus if you want an extended range you also place an electric
compressor on the car to run of the electricity that is built up. This of course
is coming from a car blogger that has no engineering background but I am very
curious, in wondering if this seems feasible. So if you have some knowledge
about these sorts of things then please write to me in the comment section
below. I did happen to find one company that is going about producing compressed
air vehicles all though they look more like a bad acid trip, but here is the
link.
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