 What is the Compressed Air Engine

 What’s the worth.

 Assembling of the various sections in the Air

engine.

 Conclusion
A compressed-air vehicle is powered by an air engine, using
compressed air, which is stored in a tank. Instead of mixing
fuel with air and burning it in the engine to drive pistons
with hot expanding gases, compressed air vehicles (CAV)
use the expansion of compressed air to drive their pistons
 The laws of physics dictate that uncontained gases will fill any
given space. The easiest way to see this in action is to inflate a
balloon. The elastic skin of the balloon holds the air tightly inside,
but the moment you use a pin to create a hole in the balloon's
surface, the air expands outward with so much energy that the
balloon explodes. Compressing a gas into a small space is a way to
store energy. When the gas expands again, that energy is released
to do work. That's the basic principle behind what makes an air
car go.
 High torque for minimum volume

 Air on its own, is non-flammable

 Compressed-air tanks can be disposed of or

recycled with less pollution than batteries

 The tank may be able to be refilled more often

and in less time than batteries can be
recharged.
 The mechanical design of the engine is simple
and robust.

 Compressed-air vehicles are unconstrained by

the degradation problems
 PROJECT DESIGN

Components used

1. Crank shaft –2
2. Connecting rod -2
3. Pneumatic cylender-2
4. Solenoid valve-4
5. Bearing-2
6. Bearing stand
7. Tyre-3
8. Compressor
9. Pneumatic pipe
10. Connectors
12. Body base
13. Electric circuit
1. We arrange two crank shafts of two
wheeler scooter
2. We adjoin both crank shafts with the distance angle
of 90 degree for smooth turning
 CONTD.

3. We fix crank shaft

on wooden frame
 CONTD.
4. We used Solenoid valve
for transmit compressed
air to the cylinder for 4
stroke rotation

Normally in off
condition Solenoid valve
air inlet hole are B and D
and outlet hole are E and
C. due to this cylinder
squeeze
CONTD

5.In ON condition
Solenoid valve air inlet hole
are B and E and outlet hole
are D and A. due to this
cylinder expended

This expansion and

squeezing help crank
rotation
 CONTD.

6.Solenoid
controlling rotation
of crank shaft.
CONTD.

8. Now we connect 4
solenoid coil with
pneumatic cylinder for
provide 4 stroke (every coil
provide 90 degree rotation
when current pass through
them).
CONTD.

7. We weld two crankshafts and

connect pneumatic cylinder with
them and fix them on body frame
with the help of bearing. We weld
one sprocket on the right side of
crank shaft to transfer its
rotation to gear box
CONTD.

9.We connect 1:4 gear box

with crankshaft for convert
crank speed in to wheel
torque motion, due to this
our project is easily move
on surface.
 CONTD.
10.The most important part is
power transmission system. As
we are using 4 solenoid coil and
these coil act as 4 stock
transmission, we are using a
simple technique to transmit the
same power. We take one
circular wooden piece and divide
that circle in to four parts as
shown below diagram, these four
piece are metallic cutouts
CONTD.

11.Now we take one special dc

gear motor and fix it with
circular disk and this motor
transmit ac supply to coil.
 Working: Our project is working on 220v ac current, we divide this current in

to two part.

 Part-1 is the Solenoid coil, one wire of the each 4-valves (positive) is attach

with disk and positive current is transmit by motor with its connecting shaft

and negative terminal of valves is connected to negative of supply.

 Part-2 is Dc motor regulating supply, second 220v ac supply is going to step

down transformer through fan regulator for regulate supply. This

transformer converts 220v ac to 12 ac supply. Now we fix one bridge rectifier

to convert ac to dc 12v supply for motor. When we operate fan regulator,

motor rotate slow and fast to transmit ac current to solenoid coil.

CONTD.

12. Final look.

DIAGRAMATIC REPRESENT

Pictorial view
representing source for
storage of pressurized air
which is then let to the
piston through solenoid
valve.
 When air expands, as it would in the engine, it cools dramatically
and must be heated to ambient temperature using a heat
exchanger .The heating is necessary in order to obtain a significant
fraction of the theoretical energy output.

 Tanks get very hot when filled rapidly. Some tanks are sometimes
immersed in water to cool them down when they are being filled.
That would not be possible with tanks in a car and thus it would
either take a long time to fill the tanks, or they would have to take
less than a full charge, since heat drives up the pressure
 The model designed by us is a small scale working model of the
compressed air engine. When scaled to higher level it can be used
for driving automobiles independently or combined (hybrid) with
other engines like I.C. engines.

Main advantages of Compressed Air Engine (C.A.E.) are:

1. Zero emission.
2. Use of renewable fuel.