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Why Air instead of Electric or Hydrogen?

There are inherent problems with battery driven vehicles, in that; the battery has a high weight to energy storage ratio and their nature require relatively long recharge times. This is why we have chosen to use compressed air for our storage of energy. Compressed air has a very light energy storage ratio and can be rapidly recharged from external air sources, allowing for quick recharge from stationary tanks.

By using the high torque characteristics of the rotary air motor to produce acceleration (similar to today’s hybrids that use electric motors for acceleration) we combine the advantages of the hybrid with the weight reducing properties of compressed air energy storage. One of the advantages of electric powered vehicles is the low friction and parts count of the electric motor. Our rotary air motor addresses this issue with a near frictionless design that uses materials with enhanced wear characteristics and only thirteen moving part.

Consider this: the auto industry has been building cars for over a hundred years and yet they are still putting the radiator and transmission cooler used to disperse the wasted heat energy from the inefficient internal combustion engine and the transmission in front of the very things they are trying to cool. This means they are recycling that heat over and over again and in turn this requires a much larger radiator with a much larger coolant capacity, weighing more and costing more to build and transport, but they have never figured this out or they have, and don’t want to do anything about it because of their affiliation with big oil. In the last thirty years or so they have been pushing bigger cars and more horsepower at the expense of the American consumer. Now the American automobile average MPG has fallen to less than it was just after the 1973 oil embargo and we face a global warming crisis.

With the Solution Hybrid Vehicle instead of sitting at lights, stop streets and idling in traffic with a 500 Lb. 200 HP anchor under your hood consuming fuel, you will have a 20 HP motor & compressor storing energy in the form of compressed air. The only reason we have these huge engines under our hoods is so we can accelerate from zero to sixty in a few seconds. What the Solution Hybrid does, is store the energy in the form of compressed air that is very light in weight and then applies that pressure to the motors at the wheels, but only when acceleration is needed.

4WD Concept Car With 2.0 Chamber Management Motor Wheel Hubs.

How the Solution Hybrid works!

The two greatest enemies of fuel economy are friction and weight! This is why the internal combustion engine driven vehicle has a fuel conversion efficiency of only about 28%. With its hundreds of moving parts causing friction and the heavy cast iron block needed to contain the internal combustion, it has both high friction loads and a high weight to horsepower ratio.

For over a hundred years men have tried to reduce the weight with aluminum and plastic components and tried to reduce the friction with oil additives, all with minimal success. The Solution Hybrid Vehicle addresses these problems by using an entirely different approach! Our high torque chamber management motors are made of aluminum and light weight low friction high tech plastics with only thirteen moving parts that eliminate the need for a transmission differential and driveline. By using our highly efficient progressive chamber rotary air motors designed with internal pressure relieve valves that direct air to individual chambers upon demand, the air consumption of the motors is modulated to produce only as much power as is needed for a given demand condition.

By using individual motors built into each wheel hub they can be managed in sets of two and brought on line as needed. This combination of air management features allows the vehicle to automatically adjust its power output to any driving condition and in turn reduces air consumption to a minimum.

All four air motors are reversed during breaking so they can regenerate compressed air capturing most of the energy lost during acceleration!

Reciprocating pistons are great at what they were designed to do, like compressing air for combustion in an IC Engine and they make great compressors because of their large displacements, but they make lousy air motors because of that displacement. In a four cycle internal combustion engine; for every 720 degrees of rotation only 180 degrees is dedicated to producing power. In our rotary air motor for every 360 degrees of rotation 180 degrees produces power. In an internal combustion engine the pistons are reciprocated, consuming large amounts of energy to reverse direction four times in every cycle, with one of the cycles used inefficiently to compress the fuel air mix. It is this combination of factors that result in only 28 percent efficiency in the IC Engine.

While compressing air, air compressors dissipate the heat energy created during compression of that air through an after-cooler, in the Solution Hybrid Vehicle we will remove the after-cooler to eliminate this wasteful practice and store that heat energy in insulated onboard storage tanks for consumption. This would normally overheat the storage tanks and is only in our vehicle because of the continual consumption of that heated air.

Advantages of the Air Driven Automobile.

1. Elimination of weight due to the removal of the IC engine, transmission and drive train including drive shafts and differentials, radiators with fluid, exhaust systems and reducing fuel tank capacity, making a much lighter more efficient vehicle.

2. Elimination of the use of polluting oil as a lubricant in the engine, transmission and differential as well as antifreeze in the radiator.

3. Reduce the polluting use of carbon based fuels.

4. Drastic reduction of exhaust gasses that cause smog, endanger the environment and cause global warming.

5. Eliminates the consumption of energy when the vehicle is at a standstill.

6. Regenerative recovery of lost energy during deceleration and breaking by reversing the valves on the air motors.

7. Reduce energy loss through the elimination of a drive train.

8. Lowering the vehicle center of gravity by mounting the motors directly at the wheels resulting in better stability and handling.

9. Elimination of heat energy loss through the engine, radiator, transmission cooler and differential components, reducing heat dissipated to the atmosphere.

10. Heat that is normally dissipated into the atmosphere during air compression will be offset by the cold air discharged by the air motors during operation.

11. Optional use of home based alternative electricity generation (wind or solar) to recharge the compressed air tanks used as the energy source for the vehicle.

12. Significant lowering of operating cost through the use of commercial electricity to compress the air used for propulsion.

13. No new infrastructure required to retrofit existing fuel stations. Only the instillation of air compressors and possible electrical upgrade as the fully air operated vehicle becomes integrated into the system.

14. All wheel drive at no additional manufacturing or operating cost.

15. Reduced maintenance costs as a result of low moving parts count and simple maintenance requirements.

16. Lower on board fuel storage weight, due to the use of compressed air as an energy source and lower onboard fuel volume requirements due to MPG improvements.

17. Old vehicles can be retrofit at a reasonable cost.

18. Low energy consumption with regard to fuel delivery transport. (less pipelines pumping, sea tankers and overland tank trucks required because of lower fuel consumption)

19. The elimination of a radiator will allow auto body designers additional flexibility in designing a more aerodynamic front end, lowering vehicle resistance and increasing fuel economy.

20. Uses known technology and does not require heavy batteries or development of new battery or hydrogen cell technologies to become viable.

21. Lighter vehicle weight than conventional IC or electric vehicles means lower energy consumption to operate.

22. Drastically reduced vehicle cost realized by the radical reduction of total components needed for drive train components.

23. Lower manufacturing cost will result in lower retail cost and manifest higher public acceptance of hybrid vehicles.

24. The elimination of the exhaust and driveline allows for a smooth undercarriage reducing wind resistance under the vehicle.

25. Reduction of battery size and weight due to not having a large internal combustion engine to start.

26. Reduction of complex electrical circuits, alternator size and amperage demand by IC engine ignition, ECU and control units like OXS and MAP sensors.

27. Reduction of total vehicle weight by reducing breaks, suspension and frame weight requirements because of the elimination of the weight of the large IC engine and its related components.

28. Possible elimination of power steering and power brake systems due to the total vehicle weight reduction.

29. Drastic reduction of manufacturing cost due to the elimination of many of the above mentioned components and systems.

30. Reduction of weight and manufacturing cost by combining the motor and wheel hub into one component.

31. With air pressure available at each wheel hub, it is a simple matter to place a miniature pressure regulator on each wheel to maintain proper tire pressure resulting in better gas mileage.

32. Easily switch from rear wheel drive to front wheel drive or to four wheel drive at the flip of a switch, because the motors are independently controlled by individual valves.

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