Good Evening Catch Can Fans!
It’s
Matt here again to keep all of our loyal fans out there up to date on how our project
is going! This past week Dan and I have taken measurements on several
of the catch cans we have on hand and have begun creating 3D models of them for
quick reference when we’re not in close proximity of the cans themselves. We’ve also turned in our logbook this past
week and after we tallied our time from winter break we counted up 427 total
hours since the end of last semester, and we’re not slowing down now that the
semester is upon us. Our flow bench
should be completed and ready for our first round of testing by this
weekend. This will be a huge milestone
for our group, and allow us to really get into the meat of our capstone
project.
For the design portion of our capstone project we’ve decided
to take an individual approach to catch can design. Realizing that between the four of us we won’t
be able to come to a consensus on what we want for features in a catch can, we’re
splitting up the design process and everyone is going to come up with a design
of their choosing. Once all the catch
cans are designed we’ll start prototyping them and hopefully be able to
complete a full round of testing on them and see which one works the best. By splitting up the catch can designs we’ll
get four unique looks at what a catch can could look like, and what the most
effective systems for oil particulate removal end up being. I don’t know about you guys but I’m excited
to tear into some design work.
For those of you who’ve been keeping up with the project from
the beginning, thanks for the interest! For
the people who’ve just recently found out about what we’re working, thanks for
the interest! And to both sets of
people, tell your friends about what the MET’s over at the University of Maine
are working on!
