In Urban Concept category, the car "SAPUANGIN 4" draft ITS student raised the efficiency of 150 kmpl (kilometers per liter). These results beat seven other teams that compete in the Urban Concept class.
ITS team also won third place for this category by placing the car "SAPUANGIN 3", after reaching the value of the efficiency of 113 kmpl. For the economical car category, the ITS is the defending champion. Last year, "Winds Sweep 2" came out as champions.
ITS victory more complete after the set as a champion in the class of alternative-fuel diesel urban concept, because it uses fuel FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) or biodiesel.
"We use biodiesel fuel as an environmentally friendly," said the Rector of ITS Triyogi Yuwono.
At this year's competition, ITS lowered three students to design a car that is "Winds Sweep 3", "SAPUANGIN 4", and "SAPUANGIN 5". SAPUANGIN three diesel-engined 200 cc, while the SAPUANGIN 4 using 100 cc engines, and SAPUANGIN 5 90 cc four-stroke engine made by students of ITS with the name Paijo Experiment (PEX) 90.
SAPUANGIN 5 which falls in the class prototype successfully recorded a yield of 353 km per liter of gasoline. This design debuted at No. 8 and No. 1 Indonesia Asia for gasoline-fueled prototype class.
The underdog of the vehicle designed ITS is a technology innovation. For example, the engine uses SAPUANGIN 5 Paijo Experiment and its control system using homemade control system with the name IQUTECH-E (pronounced in the Java language "iki utekke" which means "this is his brain"). Meanwhile, SAPUANGIN 3 became the sole participant in an urban class that uses diesel fuel alternative that is environmentally friendly biodiesel.
SEM Asia is a showcase for students to develop innovation, imagination, and creativity in creating a future vehicle technologies that can travel the farthest distance, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly.
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