Coffee truck powered by coffee grounds

Cappuccino originally meant monks' robes and headscarves in Italian, but coffee-loving Italians found that the drink mixed with coffee, milk and milk resembled a monk's costume, so they called the drink cappuccino. So the famous cappuccino coffee gradually makes people forget its original meaning. Now the cappuccino has another meaning, the Car-puccino, a car powered by coffee. Maybe a few years later, when it comes to cappuccinos, people think of cars that smell like coffee.

A cappuccino, or you can call it a cappuccino.

This is no joke. Under the influence of Top Gear's three nonsensical colleagues, BBC one host Stansfield created such a cappuccino in his home and completed the 338km maiden voyage.

The new energy car is based on the cool car made in 1988, with raw material buckets and heating devices installed in the trunk. The raw material bucket is not coffee beans (brewing coffee is much more expensive than gasoline), but coffee grounds left over from brewing coffee. Coffee grounds are heated to produce combustible gas, which is powered by pipes mounted on the roof of the car to the engine. Why do you want to use coffee grounds as a power source? He quoted him as saying, "my mother used to use coffee grounds to ward off pests that steal carrots." So I had an idea. Thousands of kilograms of coffee grounds were poured out every day, and I thought I might be able to do something with it. " Using waste to get energy, Stansfield is worthy of the host of popular science programs, and this coffee car is environmentally friendly enough for new energy vehicles.

After completion, Stansfield began to drive the first journey from London to Manchester. The coffee truck on the highway can reach a speed of 100 kilometers per hour and seems to be very feasible, but the fragile power system needs constant maintenance. Coffee grounds should be filled every 64 kilometers, and the engine temperature should be more careful when there is a traffic jam.

After 17 hours of careful care, Chebuchino successfully arrived in Manchester, using 70 kilograms of coffee grounds, the equivalent of 11760 cups of espresso. Stansfield was warmly welcomed by the local people when he arrived at the finish line, and maybe people were actually waiting for Stansfield's coffee car to hand out free coffee to them.

Coffee fuel

British TV presenter Jim Stansfield completed the 338km "maiden voyage" in his modified coffee grounds-fueled car. Stansfield proved that the coffee grounds left over from 56 cups of espresso can make a car drive 1.6km.

Refit

Stansfield is the host of the popular science program on BBC1. He bought the 1988 Volkswagen cool car for 400 pounds ($603) on the auction website Yibei, and modified it at home with friends. Stansfield installed raw material buckets and heating devices in the trunk of the car. Coffee grounds are heated to produce combustible gas, which is powered by pipes mounted on the roof of the car to the engine. The British newspaper Associated Press quoted Stansfield as saying: "everyone knows that coffee can be refreshing, but they do not know that coffee can provide enough energy to start a car." In order to test the results, Stansfield set off from the BBC Television Centre in London to Manchester. The whole process uses 70 kilograms of coffee grounds, equivalent to about 11760 cups of espresso. About 5000 children greeted Stansfield in downtown Manchester and many taxi drivers honked. Stansfield said he was "very excited" at the time.

Test trip

Stansfield said that the Coffee car can reach a speed of 88km / h to 113km / h on the highway. "I think 113km / h is the maximum speed this car can achieve." Stansfield was caught in a serious traffic jam 48 kilometers from Manchester. Driving a coffee car stuck in traffic is an unusual experience, he said. "given that our engine system is' fragile', it's not easy to be stuck on the road, but we meet a lot of people who are eager to help." Stansfield also said that he is learning every kilometer forward because he also needs to pay attention to controlling the gas device in the trunk while driving. Stansfield needs to refill the fuel barrel every 64 km, clean the filter every 96 km, and carefully check all devices every 3 stops. As traffic jams add to the burden on the engine, "We have to avoid excessive engine temperature and cooling from time to time," he said. The "maiden voyage" of the car takes about 17 hours, and it is estimated that it will only take 10 hours if there are no traffic jams.

Alternative energy sources

Stansfield's move aims to prove that cheap and easily available waste can also be used as energy. The retail price of coffee is 15 times that of gasoline, but the cost of coffee grounds is much lower. "my mother used coffee grounds to ward off carrot-eating pests," Stansfield said. "I had an idea. Thousands of kilograms of coffee grounds were poured out every day, and I thought I might be able to do something with it." "it's important to let children know that energy is not mysterious. The energy comes from the moment you start the car or the moment you pedal your bike. " He said.

(responsible Editor: Leo)