Ferozepur Mechanic made scientific breakthrough, car powered by water to cost Rs.1 per km
Ferozepur, April 17, 2017 : Kapil – a car mechanic from a town Mallanwala in Ferozepur district – 35 years, born on December 12, 1982, Plus 2, have designed an astonishing car that runs on water.
Kapil whose father was also a mechanic has been modifying an 800 cc engine for the last three-four years and has now made the scientific breakthrough.
Disclosing his technique, Kapil said, the car runs on acetylene gas which is formed from a chemical reaction between calcium carbide, lead, alcohol and water in a tank presently fitted with CNG based gas with a little change in the technique by connecting the pipe directly to the engine to start which helps the overall performance of the car.
However, before starting, the fuel in the pipe has to be burned before connecting the chemical reacted water from the tank.
After breaking his technique, Kapil put the material in the tank with water for reaction and presented a successful trail run.
During interaction, Kapil said, he is still working on it and more improvements by attaching censors with the engine which will further help in running efficiency and reducing the cost per km.
In this increasing fuel cost, my invention which has made him a local celebrity is likely to be a future car and he plans to get it patented besides tying up with the car manufacturing companies.
Talking about the cost, he said, with the Rs.70 cost of the material to be put in the tank, the car will run up to 70 kms as per the trials made by him between Mallanwala-Ferozepur.
Dr.Rajiv Arora, Chemical Engineer when contacted in this context, he said, Loss of oil would definitely cause the end of the world as we know it. From chocolate to coffee, fats, sawdust and other wastes, engineers are experimenting with cleaner fuels for transportation and energy. No doubt, the engineers are working to find out the substitute of fuel for future, in view of risk of running out of oil of gas and high cost of fuel but with existing technology capable to unlocking so much that global reserves would almost double by 2050 despite booking consumption.
