So we have now completed QRB 1 and had the opportunity for a review board to give us some advice on our direction and progress.

We were a bit slow starting out, but they recommended that we push forward with our design and prototype, so that’s exactly what we are doing!

We have ordered almost all of our supplies and will be starting the build this coming week!

A highlight that we decided on as well was to avoid building a casing and instead get a chest freezer! This will be similar to the one pictured below:

This will save a lot of time building and we will not have to spend a ton of time insulating the enclosure to reach the desired temperatures!

We can’t wait to see this built!

So check this out!

We have been looking around and we have found a few valves that could work. A lot of them have had some issues holding up to the temperatures, but overall, they are really good choices.

The top consideration is a valve made by Brand Hydraulics. It is a flow control valve with an excess port which will allow for specific flow control to two different ports!

We will continue our research on this valve and keep talking to the guys over at Brand Hydraulics, so stay tuned!

Hey Y’all! It’s the start of the semester and our team is starting again! So far, we are all still remote but we have split into two separate teams with reorganized structures so that our team can work in the most efficient way possible!

Joseph, Thomas, and Yehya are all working to assemble the prototype while Marla and yours truly are working on the back-end. We will keep you updated as time goes on!

It’s here and we had some really good feedback!

Our data was readable and we given some really solid advice on how to eventually present our prototype to our sponsors.

Next up we will be looking into different companies to find the parts that we want to use!

Hope everyone has a safe holiday!

Hello Again!

Since the last time we spoke, the team has been working on improving the simulation and we have made it a LOT easier to understand so check this out. The first image below is showing how the temperature would react if the electronic valve in our system was not moved at all and if the fan was running at a minimum speed.

The second image shows what the temperature would do if the fan was running at top speed and all the oil was sent through the cooling side of the circuit.

I would say more but this is all I think I can so keep an eye out for the next time!

See Ya!

Hey Everyone!

It’s been a while so let me fill you in on the work that the team has been up to!

We have been developing our first set of prototypes and everything is coming together pretty well. We have opted to use MATLab to program a simulation that should give us thermal gradients and the change in temperature in specific situations. Here’s a sneak peak of the unfiltered data!

We will keep you posted on how this is going! Wish us luck!

Hi Everyone!

This week was focused around the start of our prototype ideas for the upcoming Prototype Inspection Day that is around the middle of November. We are working hard on our design of a smart controlled which can be seen below!

We are working on creating a PID controller to improve the cooling in the Compressor Oil System!

We have started to explore some other ideas as well so please stay tuned! Thanks for keeping up with us and STAY COOL!!