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Spring 2009 Minutes
June 26, 2009
Working Group: Fluidized Bed Method
Accomplishments
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- Put together the system with larger tubes and drilled out the necessary parts
- Emailed Cameron and requested a web cam for the sand filter. Met with Cameron to clarify the request.
- Finished the teach-in presentation
- Started to revise the research proposal and detailed task list.
- Started working on midterm wiki.
- Worked with Matt on the leaking problem (See Issues below). Decided to order metal clamps. If that fails, we will attempt to place a very large fitting into the tubing
- Decided to start literature searches while experimental setup is not working properly.
- Decided to start going over MathCAD work while experiments are down.
Issues
- Clogging in the sand filter needs to be addressed
- Leaks in the system due to fitting/connector issues near pumps, may be due to pressure in the lines.
Goals for upcoming week
- Fix leak problem
- Fix clogging problem/find a minimum expansion for which clogging doesn't happen and use a greater expansion for subsequent experiments.
- Finish revising midterm wiki
- Finish revising research proposal/detailed task list.
- Start the first planned set of experiments, hopefully.
Issues
- Difficult and unresolved issues
- Plans for action
Goals for upcoming week
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