Pneumatic powertrain for an automotive vehicle

A pneumatic vehicle is provided with a chassis, wheels, a compressed air tank, a heat exchanger to heat the compressed air, and an air motor driven by the heated air and connected to at least one wheel. A pneumatic vehicle is provided with a chassis, wheels, a compressed air tank, and an air motor d...

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Hauptverfasser: BLACK TIMOTHY JOHN, HANAFIN STUART JAMES MCFARLANE, HURREN CHRISTOPHER JAMES, MILLER NOEL EGAN, ROLFE BERNARD FRANK, AGIUS STEVEN LEWIS ANTHONY, PEREIRA MICHAEL PIO GORDON, PITTS GREGORY RYAN, DE SOUZA TIMOTHY IAN, ADAMSON BENJAMIN PAUL
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Zusammenfassung:A pneumatic vehicle is provided with a chassis, wheels, a compressed air tank, a heat exchanger to heat the compressed air, and an air motor driven by the heated air and connected to at least one wheel. A pneumatic vehicle is provided with a chassis, wheels, a compressed air tank, and an air motor driven by the compressed air and connected to a wheel. The vehicle also has a ventilation system for the passenger compartment, a heat exchanger, and a restrictive solenoid valve for directing ventilation system air to the heat exchanger. A pneumatic vehicle is provided with a chassis, wheels, an aluminum compressed air tank, a carbon filament reinforced plastic layer over the tank, a fiberglass and aramid-fiber layer over the carbon filament reinforced plastic layer, and an air motor driven by the compressed air and connected to at least one wheel.