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Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency of the Air Engine

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  • 박재현 (포항공과대학교 기계공학과) ;
  • 백제현 (포항공과대학교 기계공학과)
  • Received : 2015.01.08
  • Accepted : 2015.06.10
  • Published : 2015.09.01
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Abstract

Nowadays, many people are trying to develop eco-friendly engines such as the electric motor and the air engine because the I.C. engine cause a lot of pollutants. Nevertheless of these effort, there are few evaluation and comparison of these engines to conventionally used I.C. engines. Because of this, it is difficult to determine that the eco-friendly engines are really energy saving engines. In this paper, the efficiency of the air engine is calculated. The air engine does not cause environmental pollution problem because it uses "Compressed air". Due to the air engine operated at a low temperature and spark-free condition, this engine can be used in extreme condition for safety. Despite the many advantages of the air engine, there are few analysis on the air engine because of an air engine is low energy density.

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