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Drip Hydraulics Program, Garret Blocher
Drip Hydraulics Program, Garret Blocher
BioResource and Agricultural Engineering
This senior project report lays out the production of drip hydraulics software composed in Microsoft Excel and backed by coding in Visual Basic for Applications. The program performs 2 main functions useful in the design of irrigation systems. The first is based on performing single hose computations under three different circumstances. It can solve for the average emitter flow rate given the hose inlet pressure, the inlet pressure given the average emitter flow rate, and can model hose pressures and flow rates while flushing. The second function is to place a manifold in the hydraulically optimum location on a slope. …
Thermodynamic Efficiency Evaluation For Distillation Of Ethanol, Joe A. Cavaletto
Thermodynamic Efficiency Evaluation For Distillation Of Ethanol, Joe A. Cavaletto
BioResource and Agricultural Engineering
Energy will always be a consideration when distilling any product. Fog’s End Distillery in Gonzales, CA is a small scale micro distillery for ethanol. For Fog’s End, efficiency is key to staying competitive. In this project the efficiency of energy in vs product out will be calculated. While collecting this data the price/bottle for energy will be determined and used for an assembly cost. To determine the efficiency the fuel usage will be recorded for several distillation trials. The mash contents and product contents will all be measured and calculations will be performed to find the theoretical amount of energy …