Week One

This week, we met up to refine the proposal and set up the blog. It was determined that emphasis will be placed on determining the efficiency of ethanol combustion with oxygen. We would compare this to the efficiency of an ethanol hydrogen mixture, and further compare both of these to the standard gasoline. That can be determined using the following equation: Efficiency = 1 – (T(Initial) – T(Final)). We discussed a few ways to test the efficiency of this combustion. We ultimately decided to first measure the output of it in a bomb calorimeter. We further discussed the possibility of applying the mixture to a real engine. This would be reserved for the last couple of weeks, depending on our progress in research and calculations.