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- Africa
- Tuesday twenty nine August two thousand seventeen – 6:55am
CAIRO – A group of engineering students in Cairo have built a machine that produces alternative fuel from vehicle tyres.
The university students came across the idea when they were looking for a graduation project and learnt about the technology from a professor at their university.
One of the students, Mohamed Saeed Ali, said the technology is inexpensive and effortless to operate, which is partly why it is common in other countries.
“The project consists of the container in which we put the shredded tyres. We place a fire under the container which heats the tyres which will begin to evaporate. We put the vapour into a condenser which condenses the vapour, and the product is diesel oil. It is very similar in properties to unspoiled diesel and the carbon or black coal is just left inwards the container,” he said.
The team consists of twelve students, divided into three groups. The very first group was responsible for research and design, the 2nd for manufacturing and production, and the third group searched for investors for the initial application.
It took the team three months to design the device and another seven months to build it. Tyres are non-bio degradable and can be difficult to dispose of. Another student Mostafa Saeed says their project helps reduce waste.
“The two benefits gained from this process are environmental and industrial. The environmental benefit is that we are recycling used tyres instead of throwing them in the streets, instead of polluting the environment; we recycle them decently in an eco-friendly manner,” he said.
The students are presently producing alternative fuel on a petite scale, but are searching for investors.