{"id":53561,"date":"2024-10-25T12:07:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=53561"},"modified":"2024-10-25T14:18:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T14:18:32","slug":"kwasu-engineers-achieve-milestone-with-petrol-to-cng-vehicle-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/10\/25\/kwasu-engineers-achieve-milestone-with-petrol-to-cng-vehicle-conversion\/","title":{"rendered":"KWASU Engineers Achieve Milestone with Petrol-to-CNG Vehicle Conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Engineers at the Kwara State University&#8217;s (KWASU) Centre for Sustainable Energy have successfully converted a petrol-powered vehicle to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), marking another innovative achievement for the institution.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanied by other council members, Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, inspected the vehicle and lauded the university&#8217;s initiative to explore sustainable alternatives to petrol.<\/p>\n<p>According to Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, Vice-Chancellor of KWASU, the conversion demonstrates the university&#8217;s commitment to addressing societal challenges through practical solutions. The university has also converted scrap petrol engines to electricity-powered vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The engineers highlighted the benefits of CNG, including lower fuel costs, increased fuel efficiency, reduced maintenance costs, and longer engine life due to cleaner fuel.<\/p>\n<p>This achievement reinforces KWASU&#8217;s dedication to sustainable environments and innovative solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineers at the Kwara State University&#8217;s (KWASU) Centre for Sustainable Energy have successfully converted a petrol-powered vehicle to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), marking another innovative achievement for the institution. Accompanied by other council members, Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, inspected the vehicle and lauded the university&#8217;s initiative to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":53563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[1615],"class_list":["post-53561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-kwasu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53608,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53561\/revisions\/53608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}