 Electric 914s, what are the numbers? |
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| fiid |
 Nov 5 2004, 10:36 AM
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Turbo Megasquirted Subaru Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,827 Joined: 7-April 03 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 530 Region Association: Northern California  |
I was talking to mueller a while ago about building turbine engines out of turbo chargers, and he said that that was basically what an aircraft APU (auxillary power unit) does.
Which gets me to wondering. I think it would be really cool to build an electric 914 that is powered by a turbine generator running on CNG. Is this viable? With Otmar's setup this would be an interesting way to get 1000 ft lbs, but still maintain range. Plus you ought to be able to get access to Californias HOV lanes (either by running CNG or as a hybrid. What kind of power output can you get from a small turbine generator? |
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| Mueller |
Nov 5 2004, 12:41 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,155 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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Ben,
I believe Fiid is thinking that the drive wheels would be powered by the electric motors (as are the locomotives).... I think the hybrid cars are pretty cool (engineering wise, design wise most are fugly (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) ) With the generator powerplant, you'd want to make sure the "donor" motor is effecient....diesel powered hybrids have been made by the automanufactures, but the high cost of the diesel powerplant coupled with the higher cost of the electronics make it a very expensive project which the consumers more than likely would not buy. A 4WD 914 is possible if run as a hybrid, gas to turn the rear wheels, electric for the fronts (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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fiid Electric 914s Nov 5 2004, 10:36 AM
airsix I see a few locomotives here and there that use tu... Nov 5 2004, 12:30 PM Andy Wouldn't the noise be a serious issue for a st... Nov 5 2004, 12:43 PM bondo Hehe, I've thought about this :) The problem ... Nov 5 2004, 12:47 PM lapuwali As for power consumption, remember that at cruise,... Nov 5 2004, 01:03 PM bondo Every turbine generator I've seen had at least... Nov 5 2004, 01:14 PM 3d914 fiid,
If you wait a short time, you'll have a... Nov 5 2004, 01:33 PM lapuwali Hm.. I started looking up some of those numbers, a... Nov 5 2004, 02:03 PM BiG bOgGs When talking about the efficency of the conversion... Nov 5 2004, 04:10 PM scott thacher one problem with your idea of a small high volt pa... Nov 5 2004, 08:51 PM BiG bOgGs Scott, the 24v bats I was speaking of are deep cyc... Nov 5 2004, 09:12 PM
3d914 If you're going to use a turbine to genereate ... Nov 7 2004, 08:18 PM |
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