QC govt orders khaos for all its vehicles

**hagiber** · October 18th, 2004 10:53 AM

Looks like someone will be laughing all the way to the bank... :whoa:

QC gov’t installing gas-saving invention in its vehicles

The Philippine Star 10/18/2004

Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. has ordered all vehicles owned by the city government fitted with a fuel-saving device invented by a former jeepney operator and auto mechanic.

Belmonte gave the order after the device, known as the Khaos super turbo charger, was tested by the city government.

The device, invented by Pablo Planas, has been making headlines because of its ability to significantly reduce motor vehicle pollution, improve engine efficiency and save fuel.

In the testing, a Khaos was installed in a Suzuki Bravo Multicab light truck that had only one and a half liters in its fuel tank and test-driven for six kilometers.

Personnel of the city government’s motor pool section found that only 30 percent of fuel was consumed.

"I therefore recommend the use of Khaos super turbo charger to remedy the never-ending oil price increase we have to confront as consumers of fuel for our transportation services," engineer Rolando Bola, of the city government’s motor pool section, said in his certification.

Bola was so impressed he ordered one unit for his own car.

"Mayor Belmonte was impressed. If all of the city government’s vehicles are fitted, it will be a big help in the national government’s efforts to save gasoline," said Isko Catibayan, vice president and spokesman for Inventionhaus International Corp., which markets the device.

The city government has a fleet of 800 vehicles. Twenty vehicles will be initially fitted with the Khaos.

Belmonte is drawing up a scheme to enable Quezon City government employees to have their vehicles fitted with the gas-saving device, Catibayan said.

Planas’ gasoline-saving invention has attracted offers from multinational companies interested in buying the rights to the device.

The 67-year-old inventor said he has received offers from companies based in the United States, Germany, Singapore and China after his invention passed the emission standards set by Taiwan.

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently conducted tests on the device’s durability, reliability, emissions, and gas savings. Among the vehicles tested was Energy Secretary Vincent Perez’s Honda Accord service vehicle.

The tests conducted by Taiwan and the DOE proved to be a turning point for Planas, who said he has turned down a multimillion-dollar offer that included the migration of his family to the US because only the US would benefit from the "worldwide distribution" of his invention.

"If I accept the offer, Filipinos would not be able to buy my device because only First World countries would benefit and be able to afford it," he said, adding that his invention is the solution to air pollution caused by car emissions and progressive oil price increases.

Planas actually invented the device, made for gasoline engines, in 1973, at the height of the Arab oil embargo when the government enforced fuel rationing nationwide and fuel prices went up. His invention was cited by the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos in 1977 and again by President Arroyo in 2003.

Planas, then an operator of four jeepneys plying the San Juan-Manila route, started tinkering with the engine of his jeepneys to figure out how he could save fuel.

He said the source of pollution and of the unburnt fuel, mixed in with the exhaust fumes emitted by an engine, is the wrong air-fuel ratio.

Planas said his turbo charger is an air-regulating mechanical device that feeds the right air-fuel ratio — 15 parts air to one part fuel — into the engine to ensure complete combustion and minimize the emission of pollutants such as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxide.

He noted that efficient combustion can prolong the lifespan of a car’s engine, spark plugs, muffler and engine oil.

Planas claimed his invention, installed at the intake manifold of a gasoline engine, can save as much as 50 percent on fuel based on 1,000 different types of vehicles tested.

He said his invention is different from a catalytic converter since the latter is a post-combustion device that filters and deposits pollutants in its chamber. The Khaos super turbo charger, on the other hand, is a pre-combustion device that ensures that fuel is completely burned by feeding the right air-fuel ratio into the engine all the time.

When the device was reintroduced into the Philippine market last November, Planas decided to name his invention after Khaos, the Greek goddess of air. It had been modified to suit today’s engines.

Planas’ invention is now being manufactured and distributed by Inventionhaus. Catibayan said they are just waiting for the government to help them promote the product and give it due recognition.

After exhibiting his invention at car shows abroad, Planas is now targeting the lucrative US market. He has discussed the possibility of marketing the Khaos super turbo charger with Claudio Pedery, a Filipino-American who worked for aviation firm Lockheed-Martin.

He is currently working on a similar device designed for diesel engines.

**ssaloon** · October 18th, 2004 10:57 AM

naja-jackpot si planas

**mbt** · October 18th, 2004 11:19 AM

i find it very hard to believe that modern electronic fuel systems do not precisely meter an ideal stoichiometry, and i find it even harder to believe that a mechanical device would meter more accurately than an electronic system.

**hagiber** · October 18th, 2004 11:29 AM

Baka silent lang yung automotive companies because they know this device will generate more sales in the future .... from people replacing their busted vehicles...

**niky** · October 18th, 2004 11:31 AM

Let's see. It should be a good test of the effects of the KSTC on the durability of poorly maintained government vehicles.

Jackpot nga si Planas. Let's just wait till someone decides to bring up the NOx issue in public/congress to see what happens.

**mazdamazda** · October 18th, 2004 11:32 AM

i've just started to do a personnal campaign to englighten the public about NOx emmission.

**niky** · October 18th, 2004 11:37 AM

mbt... they tested it on a Multicab... just about the most unsophisticated motor you can get....

mazdamazda... you do that... we should write automotive publications and senators, this really should be tackled... only IF the KSTC passes NOx emissions, should we finally keep silent... longevity be damned, it's their motors.

**mazdamazda** · October 18th, 2004 11:42 AM

Originally posted by niky
mbt... they tested it on a Multicab... just about the most unsophisticated motor you can get....

:bwahaha:

Originally posted by niky
mazdamazda... you do that... we should write automotive publications and senators, this really should be tackled... only IF the KSTC passes NOx emissions, should we finally keep silent... longevity be damned, it's their motors. [/B]

just sent a letter to C!. would be sending similar letters to other automotive publications and gov't agencies (like the DTI).

i suggest you guys do to reinforce it.

**mbt** · October 18th, 2004 11:58 AM

niky,

sure, maybe (although I don't think even the khaos thing is more precise than mechanical fuel injection) but they're also marketing the thing to owners of modern EFI vehicles

**niky** · October 18th, 2004 01:18 PM

That's the problem... if it does work for EFI (apparently it does, but marginally), then there's not much we can do about that at the moment.

EFI cars are so complicated (compared to carburated cars) that any problems possibly linked to the device would be hard, if not impossible, to prove. A blanket ban or memorandum regarding warranty claims linked to the device would do wonders along this line, but it would be an onus upon the car manufacturers to "prove" any ill-effects from the use of this device. They could make a blanket statement that all modifications, WHETHER SOLD BY THE DEALER OR NOT, will VOID the WARRANTY. Air Filters fall under this, mufflers do not (although they do void the warranty of the exhaust post-cat)... so the KSTC should, also.

What I think, though, is that there should also be a move to clean up KSTC's advertising to bring the claims in-line with the actual effects (if any). It pisses me off how so many 'manufacturers' can get away with so much hyperbole in their ads!

HOLD THE PHONE!!!

Someone call the Philippine Star and tell them that the results are laughable!!!

The Multicab is a 600cc engine... it should be able to do over 20km/l on the highway and around 15km/l in traffic... someone do the math:

1.5 liters in the tank.

6 kilometers.

30% used.

0.45 liters consumed.

6/0.45 = 13.33 km/l

Which is about what you should get with a Multi-Cab regardless.

And how was the fuel measured / rationed? Eyeballed?

Who the HELL writes these stories anyway???