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== Abstract ==
The WaterPod is a project taking place in New York City, where a group of artists are going to live on a barge for six months and promote sustainability. The WaterPod has worked with the Engineering 215, Intro to Design Class at Humboldt State University to create sustainable technology projects. Team Mel Brooks has been assigned the task of creating a rocket stove for the WaterPod to use during the duration of the project. The rocket stove was based off the basic design of rocket stoves and is an efficient way for The WaterPod to cook their meals.


== Background ==
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*Efficiency- The rocket stove should require a minimal amount of fuel source to cook with
*Efficiency- The rocket stove should require a minimal amount of fuel source to cook with
*Durability- The rocket stove must be able to last the duration of The WaterPod project
*Durability- The rocket stove must be able to last the duration of The WaterPod project
== Abstract ==
The WaterPod is a project taking place in New York City, where a group of artists are going to live on a barge for six months and promote sustainability. The WaterPod has worked with the Engineering 215, Intro to Design Class at Humboldt State University to create sustainable technology projects. Team Mel Brooks has been assigned the task of creating a rocket stove for the WaterPod to use during the duration of the project. The rocket stove was based off the basic design of rocket stoves and is an efficient way for The WaterPod to cook their meals.


== Description of Final Project ==
== Description of Final Project ==

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Abstract

The WaterPod is a project taking place in New York City, where a group of artists are going to live on a barge for six months and promote sustainability. The WaterPod has worked with the Engineering 215, Intro to Design Class at Humboldt State University to create sustainable technology projects. Team Mel Brooks has been assigned the task of creating a rocket stove for the WaterPod to use during the duration of the project. The rocket stove was based off the basic design of rocket stoves and is an efficient way for The WaterPod to cook their meals.

Background

Fig 1: Concept Art of The WaterPod

The WaterPod is a project being put together by a group of artists and engineers. This project is going to take place in New York in which a group of artists are going to live on a barge for six months traveling down the Hudson River promoting sustainability. They are going to stop off in the five boroughs of New York and allow people to tour the barge. The WaterPod has worked with the Engineering 215, Intro to Design class at Humboldt State University to create sustainable projects for the WaterPod. Team Mel Brooks was assigned the task of creating an efficient means of cooking that can be utilized for the duration of the project. Team Mel Brooks created a rocket stove, which will optimize biomass as a fuel source to cook for The WaterPod.

Problem Statement and Criteria

Team Mel Brooks objective in this project was to build an efficient cooking stove, using minimal materials that will optimize biomass to create a stove which can boil water. During the design process of this stove, we came up with a set of criteria to assist us in our design process. The following are some of the criteria that we came up with as a group. The WaterPod also assigned us a set of criteria which we incorporated into our own criteria for the project.

Important Criteria

  • Functionality- The rocket stove must be functional and able to cook for 6-11 people while on the barge.
  • Ease of Use- The rocket stove must be easy to use so that the group living on The WaterPod can easily cook meals for themselves
  • Safety- The rocket stove must be safe since people are going to be visiting the barge
  • Shippability- The rocket stove must be able to be shipped from Arcata to New York
  • Maintenance- The rocket stove should be easy to maintain and clean so that the WaterPod does not have to put too much time into the maintenance
  • Efficiency- The rocket stove should require a minimal amount of fuel source to cook with
  • Durability- The rocket stove must be able to last the duration of The WaterPod project

Description of Final Project

The final rocket stove design Team Mel Brooks came up with was based off other basic rocket stove designs. Since The WaterPod is an art project we wanted the aesthetics of the project to look nice. At first we decided upon a rocket stove that actually looks like a rocket so that it fit in with the art theme of the barge. Considering the fact that we are not artists we decided to continue with simplicity in mind. In the end we ended up with a rocket stove that is functioning and also pleasing to the eye.

There were many parts involved in this project in which Team Mel Brooks either had to find, purchase or create. The main structure of the rocket stove is a 16 gallon oil drum, which we found at a local scrap yard. The oil drum houses all of the components needed for the rocket stove. Located inside the drum is a combustion chamber, vermiculite, a pot skirt, and the actual cooking pot.

The combustion chamber is made up of fire bricks, mortared together in an "L" shape. Inside the combustion chamber is a fuel shelf which is what holds the fuel source. Around the combustion chamber is vermiculite which acts as an insulator for the stove. The pot skirt is a modified acetone can, which is what the cooking pot sits in. The pot skirt controls how the heat circulates around the cooking pot.

Costs

The following is a run down of the costs related to this project. There were a few items that were a bit costly, but we happened to get a few of our items as donations.

Item Our Cost Potential Cost
Acetone Container Free Free
Fuel Source Free Free
16 Gallon Oil Drum Free Free
Aluminum Sheet Metal $18.35 $18.35
Vermiculite $1.73 $17.63
Mortar $4.96 $4.96
Cooking Pot $19.43 $21.59
Fire Brick $16.17 $16.17
Red Brick $.31 $.31
Adjustable Aluminum Elbow (chimney) $3.89 $3.89
Nail Glue $1.93 $1.93
Nuts and Washers $3.39 $3.39
All Thread Rods $11.77 $11.77
Total $81.93 $104.99

Discussion and Next Steps

References

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