Compressed Air Engine

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wonderful idea in theory, but in practice, it's another coal powered
car...at least in areas that don't have "free" energy production or
nuclear power plants...don't get me wrong, I've got some great ideas
for "free" energy production, just not the funds nor the technical
know-how to make 'em fully feasible...

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 On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:58:11 -0500, Big Ben wrote
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another issue for me is the tanks. Get in an accident and maybe the tanks go
bang. Very big bad bang.
One thing in particular teed me off in the video was when the narrator
started talking about perpetual motion... the onboard compressor making more
compressed air to recharge the tanks, and suggesting the thing would sustain
itself. Not ever gonna happen.
tom k.


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I will find a way or make one.

 On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:28:48 -0500, tom koehler


I didn't catch what the psi was of those tanks, but I'm sure a high impact
pressure switch could be installed to protect people somewhat,
anyhow no worse that a propane run vehicle if exploded from a accident and
ignition source
 


why not?  you don't think we are at the point of developing a compressor
system that could literally put out more volume and higher psi than it would
take to run it?

 On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:17:56 -0500, notat@home.com wrote


there is a possibility that the air pressure will be around 2000 pounds. Even
if the pressure were only 500 pounds, an impact to the tank will cause it to
rupture explosively. I have seen this on an air tank reservoir for a large
compressor. The explosion ripped the side of the truck open and trashed the
interior of the compressor bay.  On a propane powered vehicle, the propane is
at about 200 pounds or less. There are two explosion possibilities here - a
fuel-air mix that would be spectacular, or a tank rupture with no ignition
source that would be a violent venting of the tank, similar to the ruptured
air tank on the aforementioned compressor. Maybe less violent, account of the
lower pressure.

A fundamental law of thermodynamics says that you can not get more out of a
system than you put into it. Losses due to friction will consume some of the
energy, right off the top. Mechanical inefficiencies in the compressor and
the air motor will add other losses to the system. This is a variation on the
motor driving a generator gag, wherein the generator then supplies power back
to the motor. If these machines were perfect - no losses of any kind, then
the generator would provide only as much energy as the motor gave it in the
first place. There would be no energy left over to do any other thing.
tom k.

I will find a way or make one.