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Page 2 • The Battalion
Monday • November 21,
A&M discovers way to cut pollutio
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New fiberoptic development to
reduce gas waste, lower emmisions
By Mark Evans
Thk Battalion
Texas A&M engineers have de
veloped a fiberoptic sensor that
monitors gas pressures in cars
and natural gas pipelines, reduc
ing pollution and gas waste.
Dr. Henry Taylor, electrical
engineering professor, said many
pipelines that pump natural gas
to consumers use 30 to 50 year-
old engines that are not efficient
and produce wasteful emissions.
The government has told com
panies running these pipelines
to clean up the engines or face
heavy fines. As a result, compa
nies are looking for ways to cut
down the amount of emissions
produced by the engines.
“Some years ago, they recog
nized that if they had a particu
lar type of sensor that could
measure pressure in the combus
tion chambers of these engines,
then they could build control
systems and make these engines
run a lot cleaner and save a lot
of money,” Taylor said.
The sensor developed by A&M
scientists is sensitive to temper
ature, pressure and strain. It
consists of a hair-thin cable
made out of glass. The sensor
works by monitoring pressure in,
for example, a car engine.
In a car, energy is provided by
a series of controlled explosions.
Gasoline is squeezed into a spe
cialized engine chamber and ig
nited. The force produced by
this explosion powers the car by
pushing down a piston. A car
contains several of these cham
bers, called cylinders, operating
in unison. If these cylinders get
out of balance, then the engine
will not run smoothly.
“What you want is for each
cylinder to be doing the same
amount of work and do it at the
exact time it’s supposed to,”
Taylor said. “If that happens,
it’s like the cylinders are all
pulling together, so you reach
maximum efficiency.”
The fiberoptic sensor moni
tors the cylinders and transmits
this information to a computer
in the car that can make adjust
ments in the engine's timing or
fuel usage.
“The computer is smart
enough to know, when it gets
this sensor data, what to do to
correct the situation,” he said.
Taylor said the sensors have
been able to lower wasteful
emissions by as much as 90 per
cent in some cases. And when
engines run more smoothly, he
said, fuel economy increases and
money is saved.
Jim McCoy, performance
management administrator for
Tenneco, said these sensors are
more durable, more reliable
and better built than sensors
used in the past.
“I consider this to be the pres
sure sensor of the future because
you do not have electric wiring or
sensitive elements on the engine
itself,” he said. “Plus, you don’t
have to worry about spurious
electrical signals or interference.”
Tenneco plans to use the sen
sors to monitor the engines that
power its gas pipelines, McCoy
said. These sensors allow the
company to keep its engines
tuned up thereby reducing unde
sired emissions and the amount of
fuel used to power the engines.
McCoy said Tenneco has a
fuel bill that runs as high as
$150 million a year. Using the
sensors to keep its engines rxm-
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pany hopes to cut the fuelbil
2 to 3 percent, a savings of a
pie million dollars.
These sensors have
plications. Researchers are
ready looking into incorpojj
ing the sensors into the
of aircraft. In this case
said, the fiberoptic sens
would have advantages
current aircraft sensors
use electrical wiring and
susceptible to electrical
ference by thunderstorms.
In addition, Taylor said
tists may soon use these
sure-sensitive sensors to moi
the intercranial pressures
pie with brain injuries or ii
the sensor into an artery in
der to monitor a patient’s
vascular system.
Taylor said that he
the demand for fiberoptic
emission-reduction sensors
increase.
“There’s going to be conti;
ing pressure on everything*
engines,” he said. “So,
body that uses engines is
to have to reduce emissii
more and more. This (sens
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to be implemented in onei
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Students should be selective when snacking
By Amy Tramm
A.P. Beutel Health Center
Almost everyone snacks, especially on-
the-go college students. In fact, snacking of
ten replaces regular meal-eating due to the
convenience of fast food restaurants and
vending machines.
During the holidays, the end of the se
mester, finals and times when nights are
long and energy levels low, snacking can
make the difference.
Choosing snacks high in sugar will give you
quick energy, but the effects are short term.
In the long-run, you may feel sleepy, lethargic
and irritable. You may even crave more
sweets which will only perpetuate the cycle.
Smart snacking means choosing high car
bohydrate foods and “naturally sweet” foods,
such as fruits, breads, crackers and pastas.
There are three main reasons these snacks
are preferential.
First, your body uses the fuel in high car
bohydrate foods for prolonged energy, espe
cially complex carbohydrates found in fruits
and bread or pasta products. That means
less time nodding off and more time study
ing. Second, carbohydrates encourage your
metabolism to burn fuel. This means you
are using more energy. Third, high carbo
hydrate snacks are typically low in fat and
salt, and can be high in fiber. For those of
you watching your weight that is good news!
Snacking can still be a source of energy
without extra pounds.
Other tips to increase your energy levels
during this time of year include regular sleep
ing habits and light exercise. Beware of caf
feine. It may keep your eyes open, but may
also give you the jitters, headaches and even
an upset stomach.
Finals can be a breeze if you follow these
snacking guidelines, get plenty of sleep and
avoid abusing caffeine and other stimulants.
Good luck!
Texas inmates to soon
find inhaling illegal
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas cc
rections officials voted Friday to bs
all tobacco use throughout the stats
criminal justice system for employes
and inmates.
The ban, approved unanimously!
the board, covers all tobacco procta
and all property owned or leased bytk
Texas Department of Criminal Justfc
amounting to about 33,000 employes
and 100,000 inmates.
“We’re not operating the Ritz Cai
ton,” said Allan Polunsky, a member
the state Board of Criminal Justies
The inmates will “have to abidebytl
rules, and that’s it.”
The ban is to go into effect March
but likely will be challenged in cour
No smoking would be allowed in prii
ons, recreation yards or parkinglofe.
Several other states haveimpl
mented smoking bans, saidLar:
Todd, a corrections spokesman.
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