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TRY · 02-11-2007, 12:37 PM

First, I would like to remind you that this thread started off as an informative action, just to let all of you know that alternative solutions were being worked on, and we do not at all suggest or think that we're the only ones!

Therefore I will reply to questions which go this way of thinking, not to provocative and questioning or dubitative remarks (I still don't understand what American football had to do with this topic).

Andrei - (TSI-AV) - summed up a number of fair questions in his reply #83:

1 =correct
2 = correct
3 = correct
4: no, in the photograph it's a two cylinder engine of 600cc, with normal same-size piston cylinders, and the compressed air delivers its power in a single expansion step.
5 = negative
6= negative
7: this part of the unit is the electric generator (220VAC) pack. It serves as an alternator (in a car), as a starter motor, or as the compressor drive when feeded with 220VAC.
8: no, this is just the support plate of the sound damping case. We don't need a cooling system since no heat is developed.

Andrei is correct in saying that this engine is only as clean as the electric power it uses to replenish its tanks.
A major advantage is that the engine is ZERO pollution where and when in use to drive.... whatever (car - genset - forklift - industrial tow tractor - boat).
This, plus its modest volume and weight, opens a lot of new applications.

Effectiveness and power range are being further developed (petrol and diesel engines started life as a small, single cylinder, low power unit).

For the various applications as mentioned above, industrialisation is now in final stages and series production may start somewhere in early 2008.

The main opposition does not come, as many think, from the fact that the Seven Sisters will eventually kill it. No, because even in full swing the numbers of these units will be insignificantly small compared to fossile fueled engines.

The fact that "air" is not a taxable commoditiy may lead to some opposition!

Furhter questions and enquiries of seriously interested parties will be answered via private messages.

All general information will be available very soon on the re-newed site of www.mdi.lu.
I will continue to act as the marketing interface.

Thanks to all for your symphatetic support.

02-11-2007, 12:37 PM	#94
TRY Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: cannes Posts: 295	Recap and replies First, I would like to remind you that this thread started off as an informative action, just to let all of you know that alternative solutions were being worked on, and we do not at all suggest or think that we're the only ones! Therefore I will reply to questions which go this way of thinking, not to provocative and questioning or dubitative remarks (I still don't understand what American football had to do with this topic). Andrei - (TSI-AV) - summed up a number of fair questions in his reply #83: 1 =correct 2 = correct 3 = correct 4: no, in the photograph it's a two cylinder engine of 600cc, with normal same-size piston cylinders, and the compressed air delivers its power in a single expansion step. 5 = negative 6= negative 7: this part of the unit is the electric generator (220VAC) pack. It serves as an alternator (in a car), as a starter motor, or as the compressor drive when feeded with 220VAC. 8: no, this is just the support plate of the sound damping case. We don't need a cooling system since no heat is developed. Andrei is correct in saying that this engine is only as clean as the electric power it uses to replenish its tanks. A major advantage is that the engine is ZERO pollution where and when in use to drive.... whatever (car - genset - forklift - industrial tow tractor - boat). This, plus its modest volume and weight, opens a lot of new applications. Effectiveness and power range are being further developed (petrol and diesel engines started life as a small, single cylinder, low power unit). For the various applications as mentioned above, industrialisation is now in final stages and series production may start somewhere in early 2008. The main opposition does not come, as many think, from the fact that the Seven Sisters will eventually kill it. No, because even in full swing the numbers of these units will be insignificantly small compared to fossile fueled engines. The fact that "air" is not a taxable commoditiy may lead to some opposition! Furhter questions and enquiries of seriously interested parties will be answered via private messages. All general information will be available very soon on the re-newed site of www.mdi.lu. I will continue to act as the marketing interface. Thanks to all for your symphatetic support.