GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLLEGE KALAHANDI

Department of mechanical engineering

Presentation on-

LIQUID NITROGEN
VEHICLE
Presented By-
AVIKASH YADAV
Introduction:

Use of
Human
Pollution alternate
greed
resources
What is liquid nitrogen vehicle?

 Cryogenic fluid as a working fluid

CRYOCAR

uses
 Cryogenic substance is used as a
heat sink
Cryogenic
fuel
 CRYOGENICS
like

Cryogenic can be defined as the branch of the

Liquid physics that deals with the study
Nitrogen of the production of very low temperature (below
−150 °C, −238 °F or 123 K)
and the behavior of materials at those
temperatures
Why Liquid Nitrogen?

• Liquid nitrogen is the liquefied form of the

element “nitrogen” that is commercially produced
by fractional distillation of liquid air.
P-T Chart showing Nitrogen Liquification
 Formation Of LN2:
Air Inlet Inter
Cooler

Turbo
Dust Pumps
Precipitator

Expansion

Nozzle Dewar Flask

LN2
Fractional
Insulated
Chamber distillation
 Main Components of the Engine:
Heat Exchanger

Dewar Flask

Economizer

Pressurant Bottles

Exhaust Air Motor

 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION-:
LN2 at –320oF (-196oC) is pressurized and then vaporized in a
heat exchanger by ambient temperature of the surrounding air.

This heat exchanger is like the radiator of a car but instead of

using air to cool water, it uses air to heat and boil liquid nitrogen.

Liquid N2 passing through the primary heat exchanger quickly

reaches its boiling point.

The N2 expands to a gas with a pressure of 150 Kpa.

The pressurized N2 gas drives the motor.

The only exhaust is nitrogen, which is major constituent of our

atmosphere.
Energy+N2(l)-->N2(g)
Hence, there is no pollution produced by running this car.
Working Principle:

Cryogen
storage
vessel

Expander
Pump
Engine

Heat
Economizer
Exchanger
LIQUID NITROGEN VEHICLE LN2000
 Efficiency:

 The first LN2 car could travel 79 miles (127.58 km) on a full
24 gallon (90 liter) tank of liquid nitrogen going 32 Kmph.
 Its maximum speed was over 56 Kmph.

After further Researches, the Efficiency has improved as

follows:
 Power : 78KW or 104.5bhp @ 97Kmph
 400 Liters (106 gallon) gives a mileage of 560Km and weighs
280Kg
 Operating Cost is around 2.4cents per Km(Rs 1 per Km)
Advantages:

•Car is much lighter in

weight
•Refilling its tank takes only
15 minutes.
•Eco-friendly
•Minimal Maintenance
Costs
Disadvantages:

•Requires a lot of energy

•Gas is so cold that the
moisture in the surrounding air
would condense on the outside
of the tubes.
•Safety issue
•Leakage of N2 leads to prove
fatal.
 Why not commercialized?

Even though the technology is 10 to 12 years old, still it

has not come to the market for two reasons:

• Safety issues have not been sorted out as yet.

• Lack of funds for research.

Conclusion:

•In a real sense, the more such vehicles are used, the
cleaner the air will become.

•In addition to the environmental impact of these

vehicles, refueling using current technology can take
only a few minutes, which is very similar to current
gas refueling times.
 References:

• “LN2000”, University of Washington Research Team,

Sept. 18, 2007
• “Liquid Nitrogen”, Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia.
• www.slideshare.com
• www.authorstream.com
• www.royalauto.in
THANK
YOU!