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Feedback: Compressed Air Cars
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Paul Anthony Weston asked the Naked Scientists:
Hi I love you program,I listen to you on Talk radio Europe,Here in Spain, I hear you are talking about cars, Have you seen the development of compressed air cars , Can be seen on YouTube,
Regards Paul Weston
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Problem is that the specific energy content of diesel fuel (joules per kilogram) is about 500 times that of the best compressed air system, so you'd be lucky to get a practical car to run more than one mile on compressed air.
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Re: Feedback: Compressed Air Cars
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Some gasses are compressed very readily by using an absorbent in the tank. Most common example: CO
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in H
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O. If an absorbent could be found that would absorb air, it would be possible to cram much more air into the tank without exceeding the pressure limit.
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