Webmaster said:...I figured it would be nice to have a rechargeable can that you could pump up with plain old air instead of using whatever gases the regular dusters used. I went as far as to test one out by getting an old can and brazing a tire fill valve on the sucker so I could pump it up...
jharkin said:The looks are not an issue I think, in India this will fit right in.
wetwood said:jharkin said:The looks are not an issue I think, in India this will fit right in.
It would not be my vehicle of choice for driving over the Himalayas.
>BeGreen said:Thanks for the pics! When we stayed in India our driver had a Tata Indica. It was small, but actually a pretty nice and comfortable car. Almost every truck there is a Tata. When I got back I was impressed enough to buy some stock in the company which has done pretty well.
Note that in Delhi (where we stayed) all of the tut-tuts (3 wheel taxi) were converted to CNG around 2000. Diesel or 2 stroke is not allowed any more there.
JRP3 said:...Compressed air has very little energy storage potential...
fossil said:JRP3 said:...Compressed air has very little energy storage potential...
Well, as a Mechanical Engineer and onetime submarine sailor, I wouldn't be so quick to just blow off this idea. The article says, "two 340-litre carbon fibre gas tanks which are filled with air to 4350psi." That's some very high pressure air, and it most certainly does contain a significant amount of potential energy. If they've figured out how to efficiently exploit the energy in that air in such a way as to make the vehicles a viable transportation option for some portion of the Indian urban population, and devised a convenient method for changing out the depleted cylinders for freshly charged ones, well then good for them. I just might buy some stock. Rick
Frozen Canuck said:fossil said:JRP3 said:...Compressed air has very little energy storage potential...
Well, as a Mechanical Engineer and onetime submarine sailor, I wouldn't be so quick to just blow off this idea. The article says, "two 340-litre carbon fibre gas tanks which are filled with air to 4350psi." That's some very high pressure air, and it most certainly does contain a significant amount of potential energy. If they've figured out how to efficiently exploit the energy in that air in such a way as to make the vehicles a viable transportation option for some portion of the Indian urban population, and devised a convenient method for changing out the depleted cylinders for freshly charged ones, well then good for them. I just might buy some stock. Rick
+1. I am glad that someone is at least making the effort to try an alternative.
As opposed to most on this side of the pond who sit, watch, & do little except complain about the high cost of fuel.
One has to remember that India like China is going to have their finger in a lot of pies, the ones that fail & above all the ones that succeed.
The winners will more than pay for the losers.
In a few decades these emerging economies will be running the joint whether we like it or not so here's hoping they get it right.