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University of Wisconsin - Madison wins at Flex-fuel challenge |
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Two University of Wisconsin Madison students won at the Society of
Automotive Engineers (SAE) Clean Snowmobile Challenge for their
internal-combustion division on March 21, according to a UW-Madison
press release. With its flex-fuel entry, the Bucky 750 Clean Fuel Sled, posted a new record for more than 15 times cleaner than the next
competitor's exhaust. The "home-grown" fuel formula included ethanol from United
Wisconsin Grain Producers LLC (Friesland, Wis.) and an exhaust catalyst
system from W.C. Heraeus GmbH (Milwaukee). Using a controller and
software from Woodward's Mototron Control Solutions (Oshkosh, Wis.),
the students refined their sled to automatically adjust to any blend of
ethanol while producing virtually no exhaust emissions.
The team, also, won for its' electric snowmobile, the Bucky EV. Last
year's model spent the fall at the Alaskan Federation of Natives Annual
Convention where it showed how remote villagers could save $50 per week
in fuel costs . Click here for more information about this challenge.
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