Mohali, May 17
Students of Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Tangori, here, have developed a diesel engine that runs on smoke.
The students — Anshul Gupta, Ankush Gulati, Gurkirat Singh, Ramandeep Singh and Ravinder Singh — feel the farmers can use their “invention” to reduce agriculture costs by saving electricity and diesel.
These students modified a diesel engine and developed a fuel supply system for running the engine on smoke. Prof B. Lonia, head of the mechanical engineering department, who guided the students through their project explained that the diesel engine of 7-horse power running at 1300 rpm and providing 5 kW power was used in the project. Dr Lonia added that the engine could run on smoke for 24 hours a day at 1300 rpm for just Rs 200. Prof D.S. Hira, principal of the college, said the project was developed in the college workshop at the cost of Rs 32,000. He added that the college had applied for a patent on the technology that the students had used.
College chairman S.S. Sidhu said the management encouraged research and that any one interested to know how this technology worked was welcome to come to the college to see its functioning. “Farmers across Punjab are using engines run on electricity and diesel for irrigation. This modification of a regular diesel engine can be highly beneficial to farmers,” he said.
The faculty members involved in the project — Sandeep Sharma and Shiv Kumar Joshi — pointed out that the smoke that was used in the engine could be generated by burning products like farm waste, animal waste etc।
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