| dc.contributor.advisor | Alexander Slocum. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Leathrum, Travis. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-13T19:02:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-13T19:02:25Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2019 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123283 | |
| dc.description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019 | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-48). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A mechanical design was conducted for a modular auger system that reduces the risk of clogging in suction piping meant to process sargassum seaweed. The auger supports a slurry pump-based system being designed to address sargassum blooms adversely affecting beaches in the Caribbean. By reducing clogging, the auger will prevent damage to the pump and reductions in productivity. A mathematical model of the auger system was created, then a small-scale physical model was built to test the concept. These tests exposed flaws in the mechanical details of the design, but the viability of the concept was shown, so a full-scale design was completed to be implemented as a backup in an extended field test that will be conducted in the Caribbean during the summer 2019. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Travis Leathrum. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 48 pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | Modular auger design to prevent clogging in suction | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 1130240475 | en_US |
| dc.description.collection | S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
| dspace.imported | 2019-12-13T19:02:24Z | en_US |
| mit.thesis.degree | Bachelor | en_US |
| mit.thesis.department | MechE | en_US |
