Necessity is the mother of invention, goes the saying. But in the case of a young bunch of engineering students, it is their determination that worked in introducing a concept automobile that uses no fuel. Theirs is indeed “a green invention”, customised for a world with a fast changing climate.
This team of seven students from the Matha College of Engineering, Paravur, has successfully developed an automobile engine that uses no fuel as the energy source, and more significantly, produces no emissions. It uses a simple coil spring to propel itself forward.
The machine, named “spring winded fuelless vehicle”, was designed by the seven-member team of automobile students, Anil Vellarackal, Anoop Peter, Rahul V.J, Jison Joseph, Sudheesh S., Krishnaprasad A. and Arun P.Vishnu as part of their semester project, with help from their assistant professor Prasanth Narayanan. It took them nearly one and a half years to complete the project.
The machine, in its present form, weights 65 kg and it can move a distance of 20 metres with a load of 85 kg. The steering wheel and chassis, attached to a spring-mounted shaft, are connected to a stationary hub and a single pedal for acceleration and breaking.
The machine moves forward as the pedal is released and stops when the pedal is pressed, which in turn winds the spring. “Initially, our plan was to develop a vehicle continuously moving on a spiral spring with a gear box and we also completed the design in this regard. However during the fabrication stage, we had to switch over to the coil spring as it [spiral spring] was not available in the market'', said Sudheesh, one of the designers. The team is now working to replace the coil spring with a more efficient system using a spiral spring. They also intend to file a patent on the technology, apart from applying for the validation of its commercial production.
It's an inspiration for all our blog readers and all b.tech students..-TEAM TechWRITERS, College of Engineering Pathanapuram.
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This team of seven students from the Matha College of Engineering, Paravur, has successfully developed an automobile engine that uses no fuel as the energy source, and more significantly, produces no emissions. It uses a simple coil spring to propel itself forward.
The machine, named “spring winded fuelless vehicle”, was designed by the seven-member team of automobile students, Anil Vellarackal, Anoop Peter, Rahul V.J, Jison Joseph, Sudheesh S., Krishnaprasad A. and Arun P.Vishnu as part of their semester project, with help from their assistant professor Prasanth Narayanan. It took them nearly one and a half years to complete the project.
The machine, in its present form, weights 65 kg and it can move a distance of 20 metres with a load of 85 kg. The steering wheel and chassis, attached to a spring-mounted shaft, are connected to a stationary hub and a single pedal for acceleration and breaking.
The machine moves forward as the pedal is released and stops when the pedal is pressed, which in turn winds the spring. “Initially, our plan was to develop a vehicle continuously moving on a spiral spring with a gear box and we also completed the design in this regard. However during the fabrication stage, we had to switch over to the coil spring as it [spiral spring] was not available in the market'', said Sudheesh, one of the designers. The team is now working to replace the coil spring with a more efficient system using a spiral spring. They also intend to file a patent on the technology, apart from applying for the validation of its commercial production.
It's an inspiration for all our blog readers and all b.tech students..-TEAM TechWRITERS, College of Engineering Pathanapuram.
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