A compressed-air car is a compressed-air vehicle powered by pressure vessels filled with compressed air. It is propelled by the release and expansion...
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submarines. Compressed-air vehicles operate according to a thermodynamic process where air cools down when expanding and heats up when being compressed and those...
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Compressed air is air kept under a pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure. Compressed air in vehicle tyres and shock absorbers is commonly...
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Compressed-air-energy storage (CAES) is a way to store energy for later use using compressed air. At a utility scale, energy generated during periods of...
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Pneumatic motor (redirect from Compressed air motor)
A pneumatic motor (air motor), or compressed-air engine, is a type of motor which does mechanical work by expanding compressed air. Pneumatic motors generally...
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reduction or loss of air pressure causes each car to apply its brakes, using the compressed air stored in its reservoirs. In the air brake's simplest form...
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Tata OneCAT (category Compressed air power)
OneCAT (Compressed Air Technology) was advertised as an upcoming compressed air car in 2008. India's Tata Motors was said to be collaborating with Air engine...
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Motor Development International (category Car manufacturers of France)
developed an environmentally friendly car engine that uses compressed air to push the pistons of the engine and move the car.[citation needed] 2009-2011: According...
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Tata Nano (redirect from Tata Motors The People's Car)
with a French firm, Motor Development International, to produce a compressed air car Nano. While the vehicle was supposed to be able to travel approximately...
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Aircar (redirect from Air car (disambiguation))
refer to: Compressed-air car Flying car Klein Vision AirCar, a flying car designed by Štefan Klein Curtiss-Wright Model 2500 Aircar AirCars, a 1997 video...
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Alternative fuel vehicle (redirect from Alternative fuel car)
from coal. The air engine is an emission-free piston engine that uses compressed air as a source of energy. The first compressed air car was invented by...
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Green vehicle (redirect from Clean car)
achieved in a period of about 5 years due to better fuel economy. Compressed air cars, stirling-powered vehicles, and Liquid nitrogen vehicles are less...
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the film on the CD Tha People's Music." Battery electric vehicle Compressed air car Electric vehicle General Motors EV1 Great American streetcar scandal...
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The AIRPod is a compressed-air vehicle in development by Motor Development International. The AIRPod is planned to be produced in three different configurations...
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by compressed air, for breathing apparatus in hazardous environments and to operate many other pneumatic systems. Air lines provide compressed air for...
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in the Central African Republic Motor Development International, a compressed air car maker Mount Desert Island, an island off the coast of the U.S. state...
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problematic compressed air system that was still used on the 600 models until 1984. Air suspension was not included in standard production American-built cars between...
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speed On ground vehicles, (more formally, specified as) compressed-air-actuated braking systems: Air brake (road vehicle), friction-mediated type of brake...
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Eolo is the first compressed air-powered car. It was invented by Guy Nègre. Motor Development International (MDI) licensed the patent. It was unveiled...
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Small Aircraft Transportation System (category Air navigation)
function competently in evolving, complex national airspace Air taxi Very light jet Compressed air car NASA SATS fact sheet Evaluating the Efficiency of a Small...
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A compressed air foam system is used in firefighting to deliver fire retardant foam for the purpose of extinguishing a fire or protecting unburned areas...
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on the Kasai River, Democratic Republic of the Congo Eolo (car), the first compressed air car John Stedham, also known as Eolo, chief of the Muscogee Native...
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consists of a source which produces compressed air, which passes into a horn through a reed or diaphragm. The stream of air causes the reed or diaphragm to...
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These include rear-reversing cameras, air conditioning, navigation systems, and in-car entertainment. Most cars in use in the early 2020s are propelled...
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Compressed natural gas (CNG) is a fuel gas mainly composed of methane (CH4), compressed to less than 1% of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric...
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Internal combustion engine (redirect from Car engine)
under water or in space. Compressed air has been commonly used in torpedoes. Compressed oxygen, as well as some compressed air, was used in the Japanese...
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offered the installation of air conditioning for cars in 1933. Most of their customers operated limousines and luxury cars. On 7 October 1935, Ralph Peo...
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Hybrid vehicle (redirect from Hybrid car)
January 2013). "Peugeot Announces Plans to Release a Hybrid Car That Runs on Compressed Air by 2016". Retrieved 2015-05-30. "A Pair of Peugeots Debuts...
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(1968). JSTOR The History of compressed air vehicles. (n.d.). Retrieved from "Air Car Factories - the History of Compressed Air Vehicles". Archived from the...
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Supercharger (section Usage in cars)
In an internal combustion engine, a supercharger compresses the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to produce more power for a given...
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