Spring Proposal
EML 4551C: Senior Design Project
Dr. Luongo Instruct.
Dr. Thistle Client
12/7/2000
Coastline Research Inc.
Design Team 10
Takenya Williams
Ivan Lee
Arnett Flowers
Spring Semester Detail Scope
The saltwater flume temperature regulator project is to design a temperature regulator for the saltwater flume built by the FSU Marine Biology Department to study marine organisms. The problem with the flume is that excess heat is being introduced into the fluid which causes abnormal behaviors from the organisms being study. The design team is to design a system which will remove the heat that is induced into the system. During the fall semester, the design team has come up with calculations on the heat being induced and the different possibilities designing a system to remove the heat. Research was also conducted on products that can be used for this application. Four design concepts were generated and two remained to be the candidates for the final design.
The icebox design is going to be the prototype for the project. This design is used to test the feasibility of using pumps to extract water from the system into a box, cooling it down with ice, and return it to the system. If the icebox system works, then a chiller will be used to substitute for the box and use of ice. Research on chillers manufactured in the market was conducted towards the end of the semester. Calculations will be used for deciding on which chiller to be purchase. After the chiller is installed, tests will be conducted and data will be gather to compare to the experimental data. The degree of success will be determined by the difference between the theoretical and experimental results.
The task and dates are tentative and it can be change due to unforeseen circumstances. Most of the technical aspects concerning the design of the system were finished in the fall semester. Only installing and testing the system will be needed in the spring semester. After finishing the technical portion of designing the system, the evaluation portion will start. First a web page will be created to show the system design in detail. Various reports and presentations will also be created to show the progress on where the design team stands in reference to the degree of completion of the project. These reports and presentations will take up most of the time for the remaining of the spring semester. The project will finally be completed at the end of the semester. The design group will also be keeping close contact with the client and evaluate the client’s input on the project.
In the upcoming semester, the saltwater flume temperature regulator project will be completed. The chiller design will most likely to be the final design of the project. Various tasks of testing and fine-tuning the system will be the primary tasks for the first half of the spring semester. At the spring semester, concentrations will be shifted to creating web page and writing reports about the project. Communications between client and design team and also the instructor will be helpful for next semester.
