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TRY · 01-18-2007, 03:46 AM

Goede morgen Nederland!
Ik zal verder in het Engels antwoorden zodat iedereen kan volgen.

Many thanks for your reply, to any reply and all of the followers of this thread!
Thanks.

You're right all the way through:
- city tour boats, river boats, lake boats are a prime potential market. We have received the visit of representatives of the Vaporetti from Venice already.
The use of the "compressed air" engine is not limited to this application however.
- the fuel is "compressed air" as you rightly mention, produced by another source of energy (electricity most of the time) which may or may not be produced ecologically.
Therefore it is correct to state that the engine is zero-pollution while and where in use; not completely zero-pollution if one takes into account the production of the basic energy used to fill the tanks.

The main use will NOT be transatlantic boats or yachts. We may just want to try it as a stunt, to prove a point.

For a use in small to medium boats the compressed air engine may come as an extension to alternative power-trains (diesel-electric, hybrid, etc).

The marine application is a further development of the overall engine applications, not a prime or sole objective.

01-18-2007, 03:46 AM	#48
TRY Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: cannes Posts: 295	Reply to innomare Goede morgen Nederland! Ik zal verder in het Engels antwoorden zodat iedereen kan volgen. Many thanks for your reply, to any reply and all of the followers of this thread! Thanks. You're right all the way through: - city tour boats, river boats, lake boats are a prime potential market. We have received the visit of representatives of the Vaporetti from Venice already. The use of the "compressed air" engine is not limited to this application however. - the fuel is "compressed air" as you rightly mention, produced by another source of energy (electricity most of the time) which may or may not be produced ecologically. Therefore it is correct to state that the engine is zero-pollution while and where in use; not completely zero-pollution if one takes into account the production of the basic energy used to fill the tanks. The main use will NOT be transatlantic boats or yachts. We may just want to try it as a stunt, to prove a point. For a use in small to medium boats the compressed air engine may come as an extension to alternative power-trains (diesel-electric, hybrid, etc). The marine application is a further development of the overall engine applications, not a prime or sole objective.