Pneumatic Powered Air Engine

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Here we demonstrate the concept of pneumatic powered air engine system that user pneumatic power to operate a vehicle engine and achieve movement. Here we use a pneumatic cylinder that is attached to a wheel in order to drive the wheel using a specially designed rack and pinion king of arrangement. This system uses a pneumatic cylinder attached to the wheel through this particular arrangement. We use pipes and valves to control the pneumatic cylinder movement using a compressor. An electronic circuit is used to control the valves and thus control the movement of the pneumatic cylinder. As the pneumatic cylinder pushes its piston forward and backward, this motion is used to drive the wheel using the rack pinion kind of arrangement. We cylindrical wheels to avoid contact of rack while returning to stop it from blocking the motion achieved. We use bearings and a frame to hold and run the rotating wheel arrangement and the pneumatic cylinder in a horizontal arrangement with respect to the wheel. Thus we demonstrate the concept of an air engine.