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According to the World Heath Organization more than three billion people depend on biomass fuels (wood, dung, or agricultural residues) primarily for cooking. The practice of cooking with biomass has decimated many ecosystems and requires an enormous amount of human effort to gather. In addition, there is considerable evidence that exposure to biomass smoke increases the risk of common and serious diseases in both children and adults. According to the WHO studies, indoor smoke from solid fuels causes an estimated 1.6 million deaths annually. To minimize these harmful effects associated with cooking more efficient cook stoves have been proposed. These new stoves are significantly more biomass fuel efficient and thus reduce deforestation rates. These enhanced stoves also reduce indoor air pollution, thereby reducing deaths and illnesses due to biomass cooking. RIT is working with an NGO partner in Haiti, H.O.P.E., and funded by an EPA Energy Research Grant to develop an enhanced stove. The goal of this project is to develop a first generation thermoelectric RIT stove with a specific focus on improving combustion efficiency. A separate team (P10451) will develop stove measurement and characterization methods and reduce them to practice. The mission of this project team is to design a basic stove with a combustion assisting fan. They should ignore for now how the fan is powered. The team needs to define the design space of combustion efficiency as a function of fan characteristics and stove size, dimensions, burner height, and fuel placement. Project deliverables would be a basic stove design including fan selection.Example cook stove (click picture to enlarge): More general information on thermoelectric modules is available at: TE Modules References:
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Sponsors
Thermo-Electric Stove #2 Senior Design Team
Christopher Brol - Department of Mechanical Engineering (Team Lead)
Aaron Dibble - Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ian Donahue - Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Molocznik - Department of Mechanical Engineering
Neal McKimpson - Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Planning
Thermo-Electric Cook Stove Planning
Concept Development
Thermo-Electric Cook Stove Concept Development
System Level Design
Thermo-Electric Cook Stove System Level Design
Detail Design
Thermo-Electric Cook Stove Detail Design
Testing and Refinement
Thermo-Electric Cook Stove Testing Documents
Project Photographs
Thermo-Electric Cook Stove Project Pictures
Final Project Review
Thermo-Electric Cook Stove Final Review
Final Project Documentation
EPA P3 Phase 2 Project Proposal
Thermo-Electric Cook Stove Technical Paper
Useful Links
Senior Design Team Documents
Planning | Concept Level Design | System Level Design |
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Intellectual Property Considerations |
Concept Design Review Documents (SD I) Detailed Design Review Documents (SD I) Managerial Design Review Presentation (SD I) Technical Conference Publication (SD II) Poster Publication (SD II) Managerial Design Review Presentation (SD II) Photo Gallery |