Entries in the ‘Air-Power’ Category:
filed in Air-Power, Tesla Inventions on Mar.28, 2009
Nikola Tesla created an engine design nearly 100 years ago that is as much as three or four times more efficient than the combustion engine design that has dominated for reasons other than science.At the time of his invention around 1909, Tesla was able to demonstrate a fuel efficiency of 60% with his bladeless turbine [...]
Tags: Air powered, Tesla Inventions
filed in Air-Power, Car industry, Environment, air engine on Mar.19, 2009
Among the plethora of alternative fuels being put forth to replace oil, the most odd might seem simple: air. But MDI International, based in Luxembourg, showed off a car at the 2009 Geneva auto show that runs on just that. What motivates the little AirPod concept is the energy from compressed air stored in a [...]
Tags: Air Car, air pod, air power, air vehicle, mdi
filed in Air-Power, Car industry on Mar.05, 2009
MDI has developed a high performance compressed air technology. When it is compared to traditional gasoline powered engines, MDI´s engine is far superior in terms of energy used and thermodynamics.
Tags: Air-Power, Car industry
filed in Air-Power, Car industry, Hybrid vehicles on Mar.03, 2009
Remember an older article about a small company, called MDI, who had a plan in building a car that runs totally on air? Now they did it. OneCAT is a five-seat car, with a fiberglass body, weighting about 350kg and costing about… 4800$! And that’s cheaper than any car (maybe except the recent car from [...]
Tags: air, car, cat, compressed air, Environment, guy negre, hybrid, hybrid car, ice engine, india, mdi, onecat, plug-in, pressurized, tanks, Tata Motors
filed in Air-Power, Solar Energy on Feb.23, 2009
The Solar TowerSolarMission owns the license to breakthrough Solar Tower large-scale renewable energy technology with the potential to challenge the energy industry as it is operates today. The technology is based on the concept developed by renowned German structural engineer Professor Jörg Schlaich, founder and principal of leading structural engineers, Schlaich Bergermann and Partners.
Solar Towers [...]
Tags: air power, solar, tower, turbine
filed in Air-Power, Car industry, Hybrid vehicles on Feb.23, 2009
Remember an older article about a small company, called MDI, who had a plan in building a car that runs totally on air? Now they did it. OneCAT is a five-seat car, with a fiberglass body, weighting about 350kg and costing about… 4800$! And that’s cheaper than any car (maybe except the recent car from [...]
Tags: air, car, cat, compressed air, Environment, guy negre, hybrid, hybrid car, ice engine, india, mdi, onecat, plug-in, pressurized, tanks, Tata Motors
filed in air engine on Feb.23, 2009
The TV presenter Jem Stansfield modified this small moped to function on compressed air stored in two high pressure carbon fiber tanks, like the ones that the firefighters use. The engine has been replaced by two rotary air engines. The two tanks can be fully charged in a matter of seconds from any air compressor. [...]
Tags: air engine, Air-Power, bike, moped, motorbike, rotary, scooter
filed in Air-Power, Electric, Energy Devices, air engine on Feb.23, 2009
For those who don’t now, Nano is a carfrom the Indian company Tata Motors. This mini car would sell at $2500 and will have new green features that would please many eco-savvy people. As some latest news say, Tata will release an air-powered model, running a compressed air engine from MDI Enterprises.
Tags: Air-Power, cars, engine, green, Nano, Tata Motors