College - Author 1
College of Engineering
Department - Author 1
Mechanical Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Mechanical Engineering
College - Author 2
College of Engineering
Department - Author 2
Mechanical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 2
BS in Mechanical Engineering
College - Author 3
College of Engineering
Department - Author 3
Mechanical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 3
BS in Mechanical Engineering
College - Author 4
College of Engineering
Department - Author 4
Mechanical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 4
BS in Mechanical Engineering
Date
12-2019
Primary Advisor
M. Lee McFarland, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department
Abstract/Summary
This document summarizes the work the IGT Team has conducted on the topic of waste to energy gasification over the Cal Poly Winter, Spring, and Fall quarters of 2019. The project is being carried out by four Cal Poly Mechanical Engineering students: Nash Taylor, Glyn Lewis, David McCallum, and Nicholas Ordonez and the sponsor of this project is Tod duBois. The team’s original goal was to successfully create a system that compiles residential solid waste on a small scale, gasifies it, and measures the typical syngas outputs, so that the team may assess the viability of gasification of household waste on a small scale. The project has drastically changed multiple times and the changes have been documented throughout this paper. Due to safety concerns and uncertainty regarding the prototype vessel, the team’s final goal is to prove successful gasification using their keg based system. The team has spent most of the quarters conducting researching and narrowing the scope of work to something they believe they can successfully and manageably complete over the next year. The purpose of this document is to summarize the research, present and justify some design choices, and present the design solution as resolved to the current date.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/mesp/505