By ABEL KHOR JU YI
SUBANG JAYA: A Taylor’s University (TU) engineering student will be the first person in Malaysia to modify an engine to run on compressed air.
The new small engine dynometer acquired by School of Engineering enabled Naresh Jeyapalan, 22, to work on his latest project ‘Building and Testing Compressed Air Driven Engine’.
“The school has allocated a fixed budget for me to purchase a motorbike engine that can be modified,” Naresh said.
He added that the small engine dynamometer will allow him to obtain the performance curve of engines running on petroleum or diesel when it has been modified.
“After I have gathered all the information that is needed, I will tabulate all the results into a graph which will be compared to the information from other compressed air engines,” Naresh said.
He added that after the information has been tabulated correctly, he will further modify his own compressed air engine to achieve maximum efficiency.
Technical Officer from TU School of Engineering Ahmad Hassan Mohd Som said the small engine dynamometer is used to calculate the revolutions per minute, torque, and horse power while adding any amount of weight to any engine connected to the device.
“The temperature of the engine oil, air intake, exhaust manifold, cylinder head, eddy current and ambient can be monitored separately,” he added.
The new small engine dynometer acquired by School of Engineering enabled Naresh Jeyapalan, 22, to work on his latest project ‘Building and Testing Compressed Air Driven Engine’.
“The school has allocated a fixed budget for me to purchase a motorbike engine that can be modified,” Naresh said.
He added that the small engine dynamometer will allow him to obtain the performance curve of engines running on petroleum or diesel when it has been modified.
“After I have gathered all the information that is needed, I will tabulate all the results into a graph which will be compared to the information from other compressed air engines,” Naresh said.
He added that after the information has been tabulated correctly, he will further modify his own compressed air engine to achieve maximum efficiency.
Technical Officer from TU School of Engineering Ahmad Hassan Mohd Som said the small engine dynamometer is used to calculate the revolutions per minute, torque, and horse power while adding any amount of weight to any engine connected to the device.
“The temperature of the engine oil, air intake, exhaust manifold, cylinder head, eddy current and ambient can be monitored separately,” he added.