Week Two

This week, we are finalizing design for generator using Creo Parametrics, Once we are finished, we’ll submit it for creation via rapid prototyping. In our meeting with our advisor we discussed our objective. We've narrowed it down to proving that ethanol with hydrogen is more efficient as compared to gasoline in terms of cost per energy output. Other details discussed were the gathering of materials and access to a bomb calorimeter. In order to test our fuel, there are testing centers in the Alumni Engineering Labs, though the calorimeter is broken. If it proves to be irreparable, we shall look for alternative methods of testing the fuel sources. One proposed idea is to institute a 50CC engine, and use formulas based off piston movement to calculate energy output.