Project Summary
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Project Information
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Readiness Package.
According to the WHO, more than three billion
people depend on biomass fuels for cooking. This
practice has destroyed many ecosystems and requires
an enormous effort to gather. Furthermore WHO
studies have shown that exposure to biomass smoke
increases the risk of common and serious diseases
in both children and adults, resulting in an
estimated 1.6 million deaths per year.
RIT is working with a partner in Haiti called
H.O.P.E., and was initially funded by an EPA Energy
Research Grant to develop an enhanced stove. The
goal of this project is to build on the work done
by previous projects P10461, 11461, and 11462 to
develop an improved cook stove that will
substantially reduce (by more than 50%) the
emissions and fuel needed for cooking compared to
the traditional stoves currently used in Haiti.
The first generation of stoves developed by teams
P10461 and 11461 were designed to use forced draft
to improve combustion and heat transfer to the pot.
The forced air requires an electric fan, which is
to be powered by a thermoelectric generator. P12441
will develop a thermoelectric power pack that
converts heat directly into electricity to power a
fan and provide power for auxiliary loads such
charging cell phones. The team will build on the
experience and prototype developed by team P11462.
The project deliverable will be a nicely packaged
thermoelectric power pack: thermoelectric, charging
system, fan power, and control system that can be
integrated into future stoves.
Project Background Reading:
Thermoelectric Power Pack Primary Reading
Thermoelectric Stove Developments
Cook
Stove Project Overview Slides
Prototype being tested.
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Project Name
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Thermoelectric Power Pack for Stove
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Project Number
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P12441
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Project Family
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project family
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Start Term
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2011-2
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End Term
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2011-3
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Faculty Guide
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Jag Tandon, jctddm@rit.edu
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Robert Stevens, rjseme@rit.edu
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Edward Hanzlik, echeee@rit.edu
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Primary Customer
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Robert Stevens, rjseme@rit.edu
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Sponsor (financial support)
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RIT and H.O.P.E.
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Team Members
(Left to right) Xiaolong Zhang, Andrew Phillips, Colin
McCune, Lauren Cummings.
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Jag Tandon, Robert Stevens,
Edward, Hanzlik, Neal Eckhaus, Satchit Mahajan, and James
Dejager for all the help and support they gave our team.