Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “2015-2016”
For our fuel cell cooling system, we have attached the hoses on the system. We plan to test the water circulation once our shipment of larger hose clamps comes in and we can safely be able to test it. For our MATLAB model, we have found data for the annual PM 2.5 emissions from power plants. PM 2.5 refers to …
This is the design of rocket flight control and recovery system. It is similar to the platform avionics, but due to the size limit, this system use CDMA (Verizon) as secondary recovery system. The platform avionics uses SPOT Trace as backup recovery system
After we lost the first avionics system, we add a solar panel and a commercial recovery system to the platform. We use battery with larger capacity.
We have finished the major parts of the ground station user interface. The user interface can plot and store the data in real time. It can also plot the current rockoon system location in google map. The similar user interface will be used in hybrid engine static fire test
For Spring 2016, the challenge for Rocket Engine Development Stand Team was to determine how to collect the load cell data in a safe and secure manner. Together, we came up with three methods and chose the final method based on budget-efficiency and feasibility. The Stand Team had $100 to spend on both anchoring the rocket stand and wiring the …
Manufacture Team for Rocket Engine Development has completed the rocket stand., which could withstand 1000 lb of thrust from the rocket engine’s combustion. The challenge set by the Manufacturing Team was to build the stand from the CAD model made by Stand Team in Winter 2016, and to machine the rocket. We are manufacturing the stand by cutting, welding, drilling …
During Week 7, the Flow Team for Rocket Engine Development created their final fuel grain. The labs in Engineering Tower kindly allowed the team to mix and quench the fuel grain components. After two quarters of research the Flow Team decided on a composition of Carbon Black, Aluminum Powder, HTPB, IDP(HTPB catalyst) and Paraffin wax. After hours of melting, measuring, …
We are currently in the process of creating a controller that is fun for young kids to interact with physically and see changes digitally on the computer. The electrical circuit is now finished, after switching from the prototype to a permanent circuit which is soldered together to a perforated board. The circuit consists of an Arduino Nano, 3 variable resistors, …
For our fuel cell cooling system, we have received the coupling reducers and hose barbs. We have also put the fan and radiator stand together, and have cut the last piece of Unistrut for the fuel cell cooling system. Our fuel cell reconstruction is now complete and it can turn on and off to some extent. We will talk to …
For our model, we can set a levelized cost of electricity to determine what our investment expenditures and operation & maintenance (O&M) costs will be. We are still looking into the health costs benefits associated with the reduction of carbon emissions. We cut some strut to make the base of the cooling loop. However, it seems that the blade of …
