Minutes from 09/19/2000 meeting at FSU
(all):
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Talked about old design from last years design team
-already being built
-machinist says that he can handle any problems that may arise
-if we are really interest in doing that particular project from year we
could do it over
on paper and come up with a new design; however, it would not be implemented.
-another alternative is to come up with a piece that could attach to the
last years
design
-another alternative is to work on a totally separate project designing
a heat transfer
device
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Decided to do the heat exchanger.
-Question asked by Ivan Lee: Are we to design the heat exchanger on paper
and build
it as well?
-Answer by Dr. Thistle: He has a machinist who could build it; however,
if we were
interested in doing so, we maybe able to build it ourselves.
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Reason for the need of a heat exchanger
-the water in the system kept heating up, which made errors appear in the
experiments
-variation of temperature ranged from the normal environment to about 75-80
degrees
-insulation does not seem to work
the pumps used to move the water through system are actually under the
apparatus
-the pumps act like fountain pumps and operate at 1hp-in2
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Some solutions to problem
-placing heat exchanger in the reservoir
-placing the heat exchanger on a pipe and cooling or heating water using
conduction
-replace a section of the pipe with stainless steel coated with an apoxy
to prevent
erosion
-Question: Do we want to have something built onto current device
or something that
can just be added on?
-Answer: Basically have to go and look at actual device
-Question: What is the purpose of the head tank?
-Answer: Water from the pump has to be conditioned to flow into
the flume (part that
contains live animals), so that the water can be moved into the flume at
an even flow
without turbulence.
*NOTE: Meeting at the Marine Lab on 9-24-2000 at 9:30
a.m.*
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