Design, fabrication, and testing of a mechanical timer in application of a stored-heat solar cooker
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Author(s)
Hsu, Julia C
Advisor(s)
David Wilson.
Date Issued
2014
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
There is a large need in third-world tropical areas for a method of cooking in which users need minimal resources and traversing to heat food at night. A solution to this problem is to create a stored-heat solar cooker that may be left during the day and acquired at night to cook meals. Previously, a prototype had been built without much success in the timing of the device. This thesis aims to solve this problem by designing, building, and testing a mechanical timer. Several design choices were narrowed to the fabrication and testing of a hydraulic design similar to a gas spring. After this particular iteration of the prototype, proof of concept seems feasible. The next iterations of this timer should incorporate several design changes regarding the o-ring sealing and other various details for proper assembly and decreased cost.
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Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (page 45).
Subjects
Mechanical Engineering.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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