Romanian inventor Corneliu Birtok-Baneasa on Saturday received the gold medal from the Hong Kong delegation in the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva for a device allowing the reduction in the fuel consumption in trucks by up to 7 percent, writes Agerpress.
Corneliu Birtok-Baneasa invented the “dynamic device for air transfer” (DDAT), a complex piece that attached to the engine will reduce fuel consumption.
“The Jury in Geneva is very strict, as ever year. We had four members of the international jury who asked me questions about DDAT. The International Geneva Jury is made up of specialists with doctorates, in my case, auto-engineers”, Corneliu said for Adevarul Hunedoara.
“It is an invention for trucks. I perfected it and ran the first tests at the Engineering Faculty in Hunedoara. The prototype was tested on trucks belonging to a firm in Deva. Practical results showed an increase in engine power of 4 percent, and fuel savings were as high as 7 percent.(…) The device is now tested on buses for the local public transport system in Alba-Iulia, and the results are positive”, Corneliu explained.
According to the inventor, the device he designed caught the attention of the Romanian Association for International Transport (ARTRI) who is interested in using the device on its trucks. A simple calculation shows that transport companies with trucks that travel even a million kilometers per year could significantly cut their fuel expenses by applying this invention.
“Think of it this way: you can save two litres of gasoline for every 100 kilometers. Overall, that’s a substantial saving, not at all negligible given the current pricing policy for fuel”.