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Valentin Technologies' "130 MPG Car" is a medium size 5-seat passenger car, driven by a Hydrostatic Powertrain. The free-piston internal combustion engine pumps hydraulic fluid into the accumulator that drives the wheelmotors in each wheel. The wheelmotors are reversed during braking and become pumps to recuperate the entire braking energy.

It is an official contender for the Automotive X-Prize. Furthermore, after inspecting the other contenders, Ingo Valentin believes that his design has the best chance of winning that competition.

"As mechanical engineer, I know that your engineering principles are sound and that the projected energy savings are realistic." -- Richard E. Kronauer, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Harvard

Official Website

• http://www.valentintechnologies.com/
  • How it Works - includes animation
  • General
  • Concept
  • Benefits
  • Fuel Consumption
  • Emissions
  • About Valentin Technologies

• The 130 mpg Car - download 30-page doc.

Interview

• Download (13 Mb; mp3) - On Aug. 20, 2007, Sterling D. Allan conducted a live, 1-hour interview with inventor, Ingo Valentin, as part of the Free Energy Now radio series.
  

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How it Works

Quoting from http://www.valentintechnologies.com/how-it-works/default.asp

The piston of the free-piston internal combustion engine pumps hydraulic fluid into the accumulator. It stores the energy by compressing the gas bladder inside. The engine will be turned off automatically when the accumulator is filled – and turned on again shortly before it becomes empty.

The pressurized fluid drives the wheelmotors, one in each wheel. Their driving power is continuously variable from zero to maximum speed.

The wheelmotors are reversed during braking and become pumps. They are powerful enough to stop the car like disk brakes, while recuperating the entire braking energy. The energy is stored in the accumulator and used again for driving. The ‘round-trip-efficiency’ during braking is 70% to 85%. The energy is stored in the accumulator and will be used again to drive the car.

The powertrain computer controls the charging and braking process, and also its free capacity to store the entire braking energy.

Videos

(2:43 minutes)

• Elm Grove Man Designs Car Capable Of 130 MPG - (YouTube; Jan. 28 2008)

Patents

The Hydraulic Motor, Free-Piston Combustion Engine, and the Fuel Injection System have been patented in Germany and The United States. International Patents have been applied for. US Patents: 6,406,271 B1 – 6,293,231 B1 – 6,484,674 B2.

Profiles

Company: Valentin Technologies, Inc.

http://www.valentintechnologies.com/about-us/default.asp

Valentin Technologies develops a new hydrostatic powertrain for vehicles. The technical experiences are based on more than 15 years of product development with leading manufacturers in this field.

Inventor: Ingo Valentin

Coverage

In the News

• Google News > "Valentin Technologies"

• Automotive X PRIZE Announces First 31 Teams in Multimillion Dollar Competition for 100 MPGe Vehicles - The Automotive X PRIZE (AXP), a competition designed to inspire a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles to help break our addiction to oil and stem the effects of climate change, announced today that over 30 teams have signed a letter of intent to compete once the prize is officially funded and launched. (Market Wire (press release); Aug. 1, 2007)

Recognitions

Display File Source

The Hydrostatic Powertrain was exhibited at the Top 100 Clean Energy Technologies Display at the Environmental Hall of Fame in Chicago, 2008

Comments

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New Energy Congress member assessments

They have a lot of things right

On Aug. 18, 2007, NEC member, Francis Giroux wrote:

I like the technology behind this car. Hydraulic hybid additions to UPS trucks have already proven to be more efficient that electric hybrid technology. Free piston technology is great and their concept of ultra high pressure fine spray multi injector injection is about as close to homogenous charge as you can get.

Contact

http://www.valentintechnologies.com/contact/default.asp

Ingo Valentin

VALENTIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
14900 Westover Road
Elm Grove, WI 53122 (USA)

Phone: 262-821-1901
Fax: 262-821-1910

Email: Valentrain@msn.com

See also

• Congress:Top 100 Technologies Energy Hall of Fame Chicago
• Directory:Hydraulics
• Directory:Hybrid Vehicles
• Directory:Fuel Efficiency

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