{"id":85113,"date":"2015-05-11T12:54:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T10:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comunicacion.umh.es\/?p=85113"},"modified":"2015-05-13T11:59:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T09:59:03","slug":"estudiantes-presentan-el-datil15-un-vehiculo-de-bajo-consumo-con-el-que-participaran-en-la-shell-eco-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comunicacion.umh.es\/en\/2015\/05\/11\/estudiantes-presentan-el-datil15-un-vehiculo-de-bajo-consumo-con-el-que-participaran-en-la-shell-eco-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"UMH students present the D\u00e1til \u00b415, an energy efficient vehicle participating in the Shell Eco-marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University of Elche (UMH) presented \u00a0the D\u00e1til \u00b415, an energy efficient vehicle that a group of students from the School of Engineering of Elche (EPSE) will use to participate in the international Shell Eco-marathon competition to be held May 22-24 on an urban circuit in the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This competition rewards the vehicle that travels the most kilometers on a liter of fuel. Attending the car\u2019s presentation were UMH Vice Rector for Institutional Relations, Mar\u00eda Teresa P\u00e9rez V\u00e1zquez, and university associate professor and student coordinator, Miguel \u00c1ngel Oliva.<\/p>\n

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Seven undergraduate mechanical engineering students, three from the mechanical specialty of industrial technical engineering, and five industrial engineering students from the UMH have worked for nine months building the D\u00e1til \u00b415 prototype, which was coordinated by associate professor Miguel \u00c1ngel Oliva from the UMH Mechanical Engineering and Energy Department and researcher David Abell\u00e1n. Driving the vehicle will be students Cristina Planelles and \u00c1ngela Cuenca.<\/p>\n

Around 200 teams from around the world participate in this international competition. This year\u2019s will be the 12th time that the UMH participates in it with an energy efficient vehicle. The students have built an entirely new prototype that reduces its weight to 28 kg (a 30% reduction compared to the previous model), it has innovative front-wheel drive that optimizes weight and minimizes friction in curves, and improved aerodynamics by some 40%. The UMH vehicle is 2.85 meters long, 60 centimeters wide, and 50 centimeters tall. It is one of the lowest models in its category, and this design considerably reduces the risk of rollovers, something important to keep in mind as this year\u2019s competition takes place on an urban circuit with tight curves.<\/p>\n

The competition consists in completing laps around the circuit to find out which vehicle travels the farthest on one liter of fuel. The average speed of the prototypes must not be inferior to 25 kilometers per hour. Among Spanish teams using internal combustion engines, the UMH vehicle currently holds the record with a mark of 1,455 km per liter of fuel. In last year\u2019s competition, the D\u00e1til finished third among prototypes using ethanol for fuel. With the incorporated improvements, the UMH team hopes to surpass the mark of 2,000 km on a liter of fuel and win its category of ethanol-fueled prototypes.<\/p>\n

The sponsors of this UMH initiative include the Vice Rectorate for Institutional Relations, the School of Engineering of Elche, SEUR, and the Volund Group.<\/p>\n

Declaraciones vicerrectora de Relaciones Institucionales de la UMH, Mar\u00eda Teresa P\u00e9rez V\u00e1zquez.<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/comunicacion.umh.es\/files\/2015\/05\/11-05-15-corte-vicerrectora-coche-datil1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Declaraciones del profesor de Ingenier\u00eda Mec\u00e1nica de la UMH Miguel \u00c1ngel Oliva.<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/comunicacion.umh.es\/files\/2015\/05\/11-05-15-corte-Oliva-coche-datil.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Declaraciones de estudiante del Grado en Ingenier\u00eda Mec\u00e1nica de la UMH Javier Mart\u00ednez.<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/comunicacion.umh.es\/files\/2015\/05\/11-05-15-corte-estudiante-coche-datil.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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