Comments on: MDI / Zero Pollution Motors, a Car That Can Run on Air http://www.damonclifford.com/blog/2008/auto-x-prize-mdi-zero-pollution-motors-a-car-that-can-run-on-air/ Energy in the 21st Century and Beyond Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:40:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kerry Rudolph http://www.damonclifford.com/blog/2008/auto-x-prize-mdi-zero-pollution-motors-a-car-that-can-run-on-air/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Kerry Rudolph Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:44:05 +0000 http://www.damonclifford.com/blog/2008/06/15/auto-x-prize-mdi-zero-pollution-motors-a-car-that-can-run-on-air/#comment-422 Put light weight solar panels on roof to power interior equipment. Also a blower on hood to suck in air as you drive and compress air that way. Put light weight solar panels on roof to power interior equipment.
Also a blower on hood to suck in air as you drive and compress air that way.

]]> By: Damon Clifford http://www.damonclifford.com/blog/2008/auto-x-prize-mdi-zero-pollution-motors-a-car-that-can-run-on-air/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Damon Clifford Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:28:39 +0000 http://www.damonclifford.com/blog/2008/06/15/auto-x-prize-mdi-zero-pollution-motors-a-car-that-can-run-on-air/#comment-74 I agree. Especially if they plan on marketing the car in the US. I agree. Especially if they plan on marketing the car in the US.

]]> By: Bob Davis http://www.damonclifford.com/blog/2008/auto-x-prize-mdi-zero-pollution-motors-a-car-that-can-run-on-air/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Bob Davis Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.damonclifford.com/blog/2008/06/15/auto-x-prize-mdi-zero-pollution-motors-a-car-that-can-run-on-air/#comment-53 It appears that little attention has been given to achieving maximum compressed air containers. Wouldn't there be room for more air in tanks above the roof with a continued slope of a few inches up from the windshield and then a leveling off top as in usual design? What about under the hood as a place for extra air tanks? Perhaps a different set of design engineers could improve on the car design from square one. To obtain more air storage the car being larger would not be a problem as our highways can handle 18 wheelers. Compact cars that allow for less air storage due to their overall square footage seems to defeat the purpose. Expand their size to give more space for air-fuel. It appears that little attention has been given to achieving maximum compressed air containers. Wouldn’t there be room for more air in tanks above the roof with a continued slope of a few inches up from the windshield and then a leveling off top as in usual design? What about under the hood as a place for extra air tanks?

Perhaps a different set of design engineers could improve on the car design from square one. To obtain more air storage the car being larger would not be a problem as our highways can handle 18 wheelers. Compact cars that allow for less air storage due to their overall square footage seems to defeat the purpose. Expand their size to give more space for air-fuel.

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