Hello everyone, Team MaeChem Silanes has been busy this week following our PDR with starting work on the project. Up to this point we’ve been focusing heavily on researching and creating a good plan for us to follow until the end of the semester, so it’s exciting to finally see our work come to life. Our biggest objectives right now are simulating our reactions in Aspen Plus and modeling our prototype in Solidworks.

The chemical engineers on the team have begun familiarizing themselves with Aspen Plus via online tutorials, and the mechanical engineers are searching for existing references for designing the reactors in our system. By next week we want to simulate the first step in making VTMS, the Grignard reaction, by next week, along with having a concept sketched for a CSTR design. Thanks for tuning in, and we’ll hopefully see you next week!