Solar Cooker Team Minutes – September 26, 2011
General:
- Next Meeting: Monday October 3, 2011 at 7:30PM
- No meeting on Monday October 10, 2011 – Fall Break
- Every week sub teams should be prepared to discuss what they accomplished since the last meeting and what they will be working on during the next week.
- Sub team project proposals are due next week.
- Check the Wiki to make sure your name is under the correct sub team(s)
- All documents from previous years are on the Wiki
Fixing Old Solar Cookers:
- Have all the necessary materials in the lab
- Left to do:
- Place insulation in the walls
- Reattach metal – using silicon on seams and screws
- Put new glass pieces in
- Ensure grooves are clear using sandpaper
- Stand cooker on its end and slide glass in
Prefab Cooker:
- Created a brainstorming document on Google Docs
- Prof Vanek will bring in his commercially build solar oven
- This week:
- Write proposal
- Begin to research an alternative material for the glass
Concentrated Cooker:
- This week:
- Will pick out lenses to order (inexpensive but appear to be good quality)
- Start developing a design
- Tried to get a lens from an old TV – will continue to look around for one
- Design will utilize lenses, reflectors would be supplementary
Small Cooker:
- Check Wiki for last year’s Final Report which includes the design for the small cookers
- Already have put one more reflector sheet on
- This week:
- Install the rest of the reflectors
- Develop a design/plan for the second small cooker by next week
- Note: the reflectors are difficult to place on the oven smoothly – the nature of mylar
Prop Rod:
- Idea: set up a notch system on the box
Insulation Testing:
- Have looked at last year’s report and will follow up on suggestions for Future Work
- This week:
- Will look into finding coffee husks
- Learn how experimental unit works