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- From: rizzo@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (anthony.r.rizzo)
- Subject: Re: The Compressed-Air Car--Possible?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.215518.3082@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- References: <1992Nov9.153449.11656@bsu-ucs>
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 21:55:18 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.153449.11656@bsu-ucs> 01crmeyer@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Craig Meyer) writes:
- >I'm looking into the concept of running an automobile off of compressed air.
- >
- >According to my calculations (based on a Gast airmotor catalogue), such a
- >vehicle would require an air tank able to hold 100,000 psi of air.
- >
- >Is that at all possible?
- >
- >Thanks for your help,
- >
- >CM
- >
- >--
- > Craig Meyer 01CRMEYER@LEO.BSUVC.BSU.EDU
- > Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humaities.
- > Muncie, IN 47306 317-285-7433
- >
- > Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not necessarily
- > shared by the Indiana Academy.
-
- I'm sure that it's possible to contain some fluid at 100,000 psi.
- I'm not sure that air is still a gas at 100,000 psi, though.
- I would have to look into the matter. It's been too long
- since I had thermodynamics.
-
- In any case, such a vehicle would probably need a very long
- hose, to connect it to a supply of high-pressure air.
- I doubt that it could carry a tank large enough to give it
- acceptable range. I suppose that it might carry
- some combustible material that could be burned inside
- a tank, to create the high pressures. Maybe gasoline.... Hmm.... ;-)
-
- Tony
-