One of our cookstovesA sampling system for cookstove testing at Berkeley Lab
(photo by Roy Kaltschmidt, Berkeley Lab)
Design of a sampling system for evaluating emissions from cookstoves
Current research involves the testing of improved cookstoves for use in developing countries. A key part of testing is the evaluation of pollutant emissions. This fall, we plan to improve our ability to measure pollutants by designing and building a sampling system that captures all emissions from the stove, and dilutes them into room air.
I am looking for 1-2 students for a ONE-SEMESTER PROJECT to design the hardware for this ventilation/dilution/sampling system. The project involves numerical modeling (FLUENT) of the flow in the device, design of hardware, and even ordering parts, communicating with fabricators, putting the device together, and testing it. If all goes well, you will have the satisfaction of seeing the system complete and working by the end of the semester. We plan to use it for tests in spring 2013!
GENERAL INFORMATION ON BIOCHAR: http://www.biochar-international.org/biochar
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: familiarity with heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and basic chemistry. Desirable, but not necessary: experience/familiarity with FLUENT software, hands-on lab work, fabricating equipment with sheet metal, coursework in numerical modeling
Work on the cookstove project can be used for M. Eng. or senior design credit, or can be taken as independent study (MAE 4900).
FOR MORE INFORMATION: e-mail Prof. Elizabeth Fisher, emf4@cornell.edu, 289 Grumman, 5-8309