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Air Car
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COMPRESSED AIR TECHNOLOGY
Compressed Air Technology (C.A.T.) uses compressed air as its energy source and requires no gasoline or batteries to drive the engine.
C.A.T. is developed by Mr. Guy Negre to run engines with compressed air.
Mankind has been making use of uncompressed airpower from centuries in different application viz., windmills, sailing, balloon car etc.
CAT is efficient, clean & economical
The laws of physics dictate that uncontained gases will fill any given space. The easiest way to see this in action is to inflate a balloon.
The principle of compressed-air propulsion is to pressurize the storage tank and then connect it to something very like a reciprocating steam engine of the vehicle.
The compression, storage and release of the air together are termed as the Compressed Air Technology.
WORKING OF C.A.T. ENGINES
In principle the technology is very similar to the internal combustion system in that compressed air is used to drive a piston in a barrel.
COMPRESSED AIR TANK
The compressed air tank is a glass or carbon-fibre tank. These tanks hold 90 cubic meters of air compressed to 300 bars.
This system is not dangerous in case of an accident as there is no risk of operation.
They are designed and officially approved to carry an explosive product: methane gas.
The tanks used in the CAT´s vehicles should last for a period of fifteen years, to be tested every five years.
The tanks weigh 35 - 40 kg for 100 litres of air at 300 bars.