Event Organizers: Institutes
of Energy and the Environment; Biomass
Energy Center; Huck Institutes of the Life
Sciences; Materials Research Institute;
and the Penn State Industrial
Research Office
Poster Abstract
Bioenergy Experiences of Students Taking ASM 320 – Combustion Engines for Mobile Equipment
Aron Yoder
Instructor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
In the spring 2007 semester of ASM 320, students evaluated the performance of bioenergy based fuels versus traditional petroleum based fuels in single cylinder engines typically found on small off-road equipment. The students’ findings and evaluations of the topic will be included.