Piston-less car gets 100 MPG!

March 25, 2009

Agam’s chief technology officer and visionary is Dr. Gad Assaf, a physicist in energy and thermodynamics. While the engine has passed feasibility studies, it’s still in R&D but could be ready by 2012 if a significant investment is made. Says Moshe Maroko, the company’s CEO, “The breakthrough is the compressor, which is now working according to expectations.”

Agam’s turbine engine could be fitted into a regular car with some gear modifications and offers 100 miles to the gallon (approx 40 kilometers per liter). Road efficiency in cars is about 10%, says Maroko, while Agam’s engines promise 55% efficiency. It also consumes about 1/5 of the petrol of a piston-based engine and emits 1/10 of the CO2 fumes.

Agam’s engine is based on a two-phase, (liquid gas) turbine-like engine. Previous attempts to create a turbine-based engine have failed, the company believes, because of the energy needed by the turbines to run the compressors. Agam says it has solved the problem by creating a revolutionary liquid ring compressor that achieves a much higher mechanical efficiency. The new engine is designed not just for vehicles but also for industrial machinery and power plants.

For more information: www.agam-energy.com; agammm@netvision.net.il; (972) 9-748-3851.

Excerpts from an article by Karin Kloosterman, www.israel21c.org