air power Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 08:04:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 First Ever Full-Size Air-Powered LEGO Car Hits the Streets of Melbourne https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lego-air-car-melbourne-20131218/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lego-air-car-melbourne-20131218/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:02:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=44586 All you need is 500,000 Lego bricks, and you can have a brand new air-powered full-sized car, that moves as fast as a scooter. You don’t believe it? Well, the Australian guru Steve Sammartino and the Romanian genius Raul Oaida made it possible and they even drove the super cool vehicle on the streets of Melbourne. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lego-air-car-melbourne-20131218/feed/ 1 44586 Could Liquid Nitrogen Work in a Compressed-Air Motor? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/could-liquid-nitrogen-work-in-a-compressed-air-motor-20121023/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/could-liquid-nitrogen-work-in-a-compressed-air-motor-20121023/#respond Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:20:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=27062 Automobile researchers have been looking into many alternatives to the petroleum-powered internal combustion engine [ICE], including electric, hydrogen, and even compressed air. What is an ICE, in its simplest terms, but a air pump? Compressed-air motor [CAM] vehicles, though, are light, slow, and not very practical for the average user. Liquid Nitrogen [LN2] could be […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/could-liquid-nitrogen-work-in-a-compressed-air-motor-20121023/feed/ 0 27062 E.Turbine Extracts Energy From Moving Cars On Highways https://www.greenoptimistic.com/e-turbine-wind-turbinecar-movement-20101011/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/e-turbine-wind-turbinecar-movement-20101011/#respond Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:02:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=11049 A new system that produces electricity and consists of wind turbines is under development. The system, called E. turbine, uses air movement to generate and preserve energy and it also permits the design of new infrastructures in highways.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/e-turbine-wind-turbinecar-movement-20101011/feed/ 0 11049 Solar Tower – Produce Energy Using Air Turbines https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-tower-produce-energy-using-air-turbines-20080206/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-tower-produce-energy-using-air-turbines-20080206/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:40:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/06/solar-tower-produce-energy-using-air-turbines/ SolarMission owns the license to breakthrough Solar Tower large-scale renewable energy technology with the potential to challenge the energy industry as it is operates today. The technology is based on the concept developed by renowned German structural engineer Professor Jirg Schlaich, founder and principal of leading structural engineers, Schlaich Bergermann and Partners. Solar Towers operate […]

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