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2. Compressed-air car - Wikipedia

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   Compressed air system with a PCM heat exchanger. [1] [2] Diagram of a compressed air system with a PCM heat exchanger. A compressed-air car is a compressed-air vehicle powered by pressure vessels filled with compressed air. It is propelled by the release and expansion of the air within a motor adapted to compressed air.

3. Air-start system - Wikipedia

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   Compressed air is sent to the ATS turbine from the aircraft auxiliary power unit ( bleed air from the gas generator or from a free-turbine load compressor, eg PW901 APU), from an already-running engine (bleed air) on a multi-engined aircraft or, for early jet aircraft, from an air compressor mounted on ground support equipment.

4. BAS hybrid - Wikipedia

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   A 36-volt lead–acid battery (housed in the vehicle's trunk and operating in a 42-volt electrical system) is used to operate a permanent magnet motor/generator unit mounted to the engine in a similar fashion to a conventional alternator. Then, through a high-tension drive belt, the motor/generator unit is capable of starting or assisting the ...

5. Compressed-air vehicle - Wikipedia

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   The tanks must be designed to safety standards appropriate for a pressure vessel, such as ISO 11439. [7]The pressure vessels or air storage tanks that can be used in compressed-air vehicles can be made of low pressure (9 atm (130 psi)) or high pressure (more than 240 atm (3,500 psi)), and can be made of composite materials like thermoplastic and fiber reinforced thermoplastics, [6] [8] that ...

6. Accessory drive - Wikipedia

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   Klimov TV3-117 turboshaft engine. The accessory drive is the large casting on the top. The accessory drive is a gearbox that forms part of a gas turbine engine. [1] Although not part of the engine's core, it drives the accessories – such as generators, pumps for fuel and lubrication oil, air compressors, hydraulic pumps and engine starters – that are otherwise essential for the operation ...

7. Oshkosh MB-5 - Wikipedia

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   The truck Oshkosh presented was unlike any other on the market to date, being the first fire truck equipped with pump and roll capabilities. [1] Although the MB-5 was designed for use on aircraft carriers, it had many features that made it an ideal fire truck for shore-based airports.