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Alexander Slocum.
Leathrum, Travis.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
2019-12-13T19:02:25Z
2019-12-13T19:02:25Z
2019
2019
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123283
1130240475
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-48).
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.
by Travis Leathrum.
S.B.
S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
48 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Mechanical Engineering.
Modular auger design to prevent clogging in suction
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