When it comes to acceleration, most cars are allright. Teslas are OK, Formula1 cars are better but there’s one more thing beating them: an air/water rocket.
François Gissy, a French DIYer climbed on top of his 6000psi-loaded jet trike and did some tests at a local running track. He got to some 260 km/h (162.5 mph) before slowing down, but got there in about 4 seconds, as you can see in the video.
Of course, the energy came from the grid, as the compressor needed to push that gas into the tank needed power, but the idea is nevertheless interesting and doesn’t use any fire source. I wonder if that isn’t a good idea for some boosting mechanisms installed in race cars instead of using nitro – air and water are cheaper to “burn” altogether.
And I think the whole process is also pretty energy-efficient. Any ideas?
I have designed a system utilizing wind power to compress the air.
Compressed air technology has not been given the credence it rightly desrves. Much improvement could be be made to its efficiency / noise level.
There are so many advantages it has over this exotic fuel cell system, or a toxic Li-ion battery.
I have designed a compressed air system that cuts out the electricity middleman.
That’s right, no electricity is needed to make this system opeational, from beginning to end.
Though, if you wanted to, the power-producing core of this invention could just be used to split water, or charge up a battery.
But to me, this is a great challenge to eliminate complex electronic circuitry, and the need for sourcing exotic materials.
This is a completely new type of wind energy harvesting system, that is also bird-friendly, when scaled-up to a Windfarm size.
Silent in its operation, and mathematically rated at 3x the power output. In high winds, photostrobic and infrasound would no longer be an issue.
All of the heavy power-producing infrastructure is now kept at ground level. Thus a much smaller foundational footprint.
Direct mechanical air compression into easily swappable tanks, which then get delivered throughout the city.
Air conditioning and ice production are the byproducts of running an air-powered motor.
Without further adieu, I present to you the WINDSWIMMER Compressed Air Energy System.
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