P19318: Thermochemical Conversion of Food Waste

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Project Summary	Project Information
Our senior design project involves creating a data acquisition system and analyzing the temperature and oxygen profiles along the path of organic material inside the Biogenic Refinery from Biomass Controls. The Biogenic Refinery was initially designed to treat human waste in areas lacking centralized wastewater infrastructure and produces a hydrogen rich syngas and a solid biochar. The Golisano Institute for Sustainability is interested in analyzing the operation of the Biogenic Refinery using food waste as the organic material and what conditions will result in a high quality biochar product. For an updated project description, click on the following link for the Project Readiness Package.	Project Name Thermochemical Conversion of Food Waste Project Number P19318 Project Family project family (if relevant) Start Term 2181 End Term 2185 Faculty Guide Sarah Brownell Primary Customer Tom Trabold

Team Members

From left to right: Shahzain Haq, Brandon Pak, Alex Corvino, Brent Sorensen, Liam Smith

From left to right: Shahzain Haq, Brandon Pak, Alex Corvino, Brent Sorensen, Liam Smith

Member	Major	Role	Contact
Brandon Pak	ISE	Project Manager	bxp8188@rit.edu
Alex Corvino	ME	Facilitator	axc5401@rit.edu
Brent Sorensen	ME	Communications	bms3440@rit.edu
Liam Smith	EE/Math	Lead Engineer	lbs7319@rit.edu
Shahzain Haq	EE	Purchasing	sah1515@rit.edu

Overall Design Documentation

Electrical Subsystem

Software Subsystem

Mechanical Subsystem

Work Breakdown: By Phase

MSD I & II	MSD I	MSD II
Planning & Execution Project Photos and Videos Imagine RIT Gate Reviews	Problem Definition Systems Design Preliminary Detailed Design Detailed Design	Build & Test Prep Subsystem Build & Test Integrated System Build & Test Customer Handoff & Final Project Documentation (Verification & Validation)

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