Southern Illinois University Carbondale was recently awarded a $487,000 grant from the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) and the Illinois PERC to conduct groundbreaking research on file development of a clean-burning, propane-powered irrigation engine.Southern Illinois University Carbondale Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC but usually just referred to as SIU) is located in Carbondale, Illinois. The Carbondale campus is the flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system, which includes SIU's smaller sister institution Southern Illinois was recently awarded a $487,000 grant from the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC PERC See: Preferred equity redemption stock ) and the Illinois PERC to conduct groundbreaking research on file development of a clean-burning, propane-powered irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. engine. The two-year grant, which is the largest agriculture-related grant awarded by PERC, is the first project to compare propane to diesel in irrigation engines in an operating environment. |
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