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Fran <Fran.Beta@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Apr 30, 10:51=A0am, mimus <tinmimu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:31:07 -0700, a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> >http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/03/09/cars.100mpg.popsci/index.html
>> All three of those techniques mentioned were interesting, and ought to
be
>> combined in a four-seater.
>I especially liked this ****tion:
>The EPA has built a modified hybrid that uses a hydraulic system, not
>a battery, to store braking energy. When you press the brakes, the
>wheels drive a pump that compresses nitrogen gas, which is inexpensive
>and inert. When you accelerate again, that compressed gas runs the
>pump in reverse to help power the vehicle.
That must be all of 20% efficient, at best.
>Perhaps that's why Charles Gray, the director of the Advanced
>Technology Division and one of the developers of the hydraulic hybrid,
>can't contain his excitement about its potential.
Potential to scam lots of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
from ignorant, greedy fools.
>"I can hold a 500-horsepower hydraulic pump motor in my hand, and I'm
>not a big guy," Gray says. Because the technology would eliminate the
>need for a transmission -- the engine merely pressurizes the hydraulic
>system, while the hydraulic motors power the wheels -- and several
>other parts, it could be installed in a small car for almost no
>additional cost.
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>It sounds credible, and given that the applicability of this to
>existing vehicle designs is very wide, very exciting.
It's *incredible*. Grossly inefficient and hydraulic motors don't
like to spin very fast at all.
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