Presented by

P.Arunkumar,
G.Venkkatesh,
1. French engineer Guy Negre has developed a concept of a totally
non-polluting engine for use in urban areas.
2. This invention, which uses high pressure (300bar) compressed air
to store the energy needed for running the engine.
3. In a four- stroke engine is that compression, combustion and
expansion all take place in a single cylinder.
4. But here the engine divides these functions into a three-chamber
system, with one cylinder for compression, a small chamber for
combustion and a much larger cylinder for expansion.
5. When the car is moving at speeds below 60kmph, it runs on air .
6. At higher speeds, it runs on a fuel, such as gasoline, diesel or
natural gas.
1. The compressed air engine can run either on compressed air or an
internal combustion engine.
2. Compressed air stored in carbon or glass fiber tanks at a pressure
of 4,351 pounds per square inch(psi).
3. Thus we see that the car which runs completely on fuel will work
totally on fuel and exhaust gases which are given out are more
than car which runs partially on air and fuel because the power is
obtained partially from compressed air and partially from the
exhaust gases.
4. The amount of exhaust gases are 50 to 70% less in case of air car
than the present day cars.
1. The end product is a light weight vehicle that can reach speeds up
to 220kmph.
2. The pollution is much less and quieter because the explosion of the
fuel happens in the small combustion chamber rather than being
allowed to propagate through the cylinder as in conventional
motors.
3. Avoidance of knocking phenomenon, due to the presence of
spherical cylinder.
4. It has separate compression and expansion cylinders is that the
expansion cylinder can be made several times larger than the
compression cylinder. This takes maximum advantage of the stroke
that provide the engine’s power.
1. It has 90m3 of compressed air stored in fiber tanks.
2. The tank is made of carbon-fiber in order to reduce its weight.
3. The engine has injection similar to normal engines, but uses
special crankshafts and pistons,
4. And this arrangement of the piston is at top dead center for about
70 degrees of the crankshaft’s cycle.
5. That allow more power to be developed in the engine.
6. Due to the combustion and the fact there is no pollution, the oil
change is only necessary every 50,000km.
1. The compressed air is used to drive a piston in a barrel.
2. It has long been known that to compress air to high pressures a
staged process should be used, compressing air to first 50 bars,
then to 150 bars then three hundred and so on.
3. This technique, commonly employed by the air and gas
liquefaction industries.
4. The secret of the compressed air motor is simply to reverse the
process-decompress the air in stages and in so doing efficiently
release.
5. To compensate for the cooling effect a thermal exchanger heats the
compressed air using the warmth of external air.
Maximum speed :60mph
Acceleration :0-30 mph: 7seconds
Range :120 miles or 10 hours

Torque in kgm
BHP in HP
Engine mount Rear

Transmission Automatic, continuous

Variation. Rear wheel drive

Suspension Front coil spring, rear pneumatic

Steering Rack and pinion

Dimensions Length 384cm, width172cm,

height175cm
Wheel base 292cm

Weight: unloaded About 700kg

Chassis and body materials Steel bars/honeycomb plastic and

fiber glass
Tanks for compressed air Thermoplastic lining and carbon
fiber
1. The cars have generated a lot of interest in recent years, and the
Mexican government has already signed a deal to by 40,000
e.Volutions car replace the gasoline- and diesel-powered taxis
2. As air is the only working medium upto 60kmph, periodical
cleaning of valves, tanks, injectors are necessary.
3. Tata motors has signed an agreement with moteur development
international of France to develop a car that runs on compressed air
4. The car could cost around Rs 3,50,000 in India and would have a
range of around 300 km between refuels.
5. The cost of refill would be about Rs90.
6. However proper maintenance helps us to keep the vehicle running
smoothly.
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