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Kettering University's 2003 Design for the Clean Snowmobile Challenge
Technical Paper
2003-32-0076
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Kettering University's entry in the 2003 Clean Snowmobile Challenge entails the installation of a fuel injected four-stroke engine into a conventional snowmobile chassis. Exhaust emissions are minimized through the use of a catalytic converter and an electronically controlled closed-loop fuel injection system, which also maximizes fuel economy. Noise emissions are minimized by the use of a specifically designed engine silencing system and several chassis treatments.
Emissions tests run during the SAE collegiate design event revealed that a snowmobile designed by Kettering University produces lower unburned hydrocarbon (1.5 to 7 times less), carbon monoxide (1.5 to 7 times less), and oxides of nitrogen (and 5 to 23 times less) levels than the average automobile driven in Yellowstone National Park. The Kettering University entry also boasted acceleration performance better than the late-model 500 cc two-stroke snowmobile used as a control snowmobile in the Clean Snowmobile testing.
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Carrick, N., Kampman, E., and Davis, G., "Kettering University's 2003 Design for the Clean Snowmobile Challenge," SAE Technical Paper 2003-32-0076, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-32-0076.Also In
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