Environmentally friendly innovator<\/p>\n
Indra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya<\/p>\n
Many Indonesians are still stunned by the sharp increase in fuel
\nprices that the government introduced on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n
I Nyoman Sutantra, chairman of the Institute for Research and
\nCommunity Services of Surabaya Technological Institute (ITS) has,
\nmeanwhile, introduced a prototype of an ignition system that uses
\na condenser to improve the quality of fuel.<\/p>\n
Every guest arriving at his office will catch sight of
\nbrochures explaining the specifications of his invention, neatly
\npiled up on his desk.<\/p>\n
Nyoman is now promoting his Condenser Discharge Ignition
\n(CDI), named Stanly, from \"Stan\" (taken from his family name of
\nSutantra) and another syllable taken from Harly, the name of one
\nof his students now studying for his doctorate.<\/p>\n
Harly helped him produce and distribute the CDI, which has now
\nbeen patented.<\/p>\n
\"Please take one. I'm promoting my CDI,\" he told The Jakarta
\nPost last Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Nyoman has not allocated a special budget for the promotion of
\nthe CDI. The product was introduced to users by word of mouth
\nonly. He received financial support amounting to Rp 500 million
\nfrom the government but this was just enough for the research and
\nproduction of the CDI.<\/p>\n
Nyoman is therefore not allowed to sell the patent rights for
\nhis CDI to any automotive company. He has agreed that he will
\nmanage everything related to sales and distribution of the CDI
\nhimself.<\/p>\n
\"This is not a profit-seeking undertaking. In this way, I'm
\nhelping the public, which is still trying to cope with high fuel
\nprices, and, at the same time, empower small-scale community
\nbusiness units in the automotive field,\" he noted.<\/p>\n
Selling CDIs difficult<\/p>\n
CDI is not new. Imported CDIs are available at Rp 800,000 to
\nRp 1.2 million a piece.<\/p>\n
Nyoman's CDI replaces the distributor contact in automobiles
\nmanufactured before the 1980s or uses it in place of the
\ntransistor coil ignition (TCI) in cars made subsequently.<\/p>\n
The Stanly CDI's advantage lies in its oscillator, which
\nenables perfect ignition because the resulting flame can reach a
\nlength of 12 millimeters. The optimal ignition boosts efficiency
\nin the use of gasoline by 10 percent to 15 percent.<\/p>\n
Despite this, the speed of the automobile is not affected.
\nInstead, it increases the power of the car from 12 kilograms per
\nmeter per 3,500 rpm to 13 kg per meter per 3,500 rpm.<\/p>\n
In addition, the Stanly CDI is 50 percent larger than a German
\nCDI. Measuring 10 centimeters by 5 cm, the Stanly CDI, which is 2
\ncm thick, can also reduce the exhaust emissions. It can cut the
\ncarbon monoxide content from 1.5 percent to 0.98 percent.<\/p>\n
\"Before this CDI was mass-produced, we conducted a trial on 55
\npublic minivans on the Singosari to Malang route. We found that
\nthe pollution emitted by the vehicles was reduced by 40 percent,\"
\nsaid Nyoman, who was born in Celuk, Sukawati, Gianyar regency,
\nBali, on June 5, 1951.<\/p>\n
At present, Stanly CDIs are produced in Malang. With five
\nlocal workers, Nyoman can produce about 300 CDIs a month. The
\ndevice is sold in Surabaya, Malang and Jakarta. Since he began to
\nsell his CDIs to the public early last month, Nyoman has sold 80
\nof them. A taxi company in Surabaya plans to use the CDI in all
\nits cars.<\/p>\n
Selling CDIs, Nyoman said, was fairly difficult due to lack of
\npublic awareness about the need for a clean environment.<\/p>\n
Three years before he invented the CDI, Nyoman, a graduate of
\nthe mechanical engineering school of the University of Wisconsin,
\nMadison, U.S,, hoped that he could one day invent something that
\nwould reduce the level of pollution in Indonesia's major cities
\nlike Jakarta, Surabaya and Malang.<\/p>\n
\"I was deeply concerned every time I found traffic policemen
\nin Surabaya complain of breathing difficulties or saw school
\nchildren and women cover their noses to avoid inhaling the smoke
\nemitted by motorized vehicles,\" he said.<\/p>\n
About fifteen years ago, it was still pleasant to drive or
\nwalk in Surabaya. There were not so many motorized vehicles then
\nand the pollution level was still very low.<\/p>\n
In his birthplace in Bali, the environment is still relatively
\nundamaged. Whenever he returns to his hometown, he said, he
\nbathed in the river.<\/p>\n
\"The water is clean and refreshing. I stay in the river for a
\nlong time, reminiscing about my childhood and remembering the
\ntime when I was close to nature,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Degraded environment<\/p>\n
When he decided to move to Surabaya Nyoman had to give up
\nphotography, a hobby he had developed at Wisconsin. While in the
\nU.S., Nyoman took a lot of photos of scenes of nature.<\/p>\n
\"Unfortunately, the natural environment in East Java was in a
\nsorry state: deforested and heavily polluted by motorized
\nvehicles. So, what photos could I take? he asked pointedly.<\/p>\n
While some people concerned with the environment have become
\nmembers of environmental non-governmental organizations,
\nNyoman, with his deep concern about environmental pollution, has
\nkept himself busy in creating environmentally friendly automotive
\ninnovations.<\/p>\n
In the near future, he will introduce a similar CDI for
\nmotorcycles. For this, he has received full financial support for
\nhis research from a company manufacturing motorcycle spare parts
\nin Indonesia.<\/p>\n
The CDI will also be fuel-efficient and environmentally
\nfriendly. To this new CDI, however, Nyoman has added an anti-
\ntheft security system.<\/p>\n
\"I added the security system because of the frequency of
\nmotorcycle thefts in Indonesia,\" said Nyoman, who, in October
\n2004, was honored with an award from the minister of industry.<\/p>",
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