Define A Problem
Goals:
Insulation that retains heat in box, less then a inch, reach 50 degrees
Insulation that retains heat in box, less then a inch, reach 50 degrees
Generate Concepts
Our group was absent for a day so we had to get what was left, Foil, Rags, Styrofoam
Develop Solution
Construct and Test Prototype
Evaluate Solution
The heat of the bulb and insulation made the interior temperature increase to 51.9 degrees
After we turned the lamp off we checked to see how much heat our insulation would hold in this case it held some heat but not a lot. At least it didn’t go all the way down to the starting temperature of 22.6 degrees
My experience with LoggerPro was very good. It was easy to take the temperature measurements with the probes and the LoggerPro software was easy to use. My feelings about Thermodynamics are mixed. I like the idea of it but it’s hard to remember all of the formulas and variables. Mistakes we made were not using more styrofoam to insulate the lamp more. Another mistake we made was having gaps between the lamp and the insulator. I learned how to measure temperature with LoggerPro and learned how to make an environmentally friendly clean insulator.
Present Solution
This is Billy cutting the rag and felt that will go around the insulation/styrofoam.
This is Billy putting the styrofoam inside of the rag and felt so that the heat will be trapped inside.
This is me putting in the probes for insulation testing. You can see that we added foil around the outside to keep heat inside
Conclusion
Modifications we could have made are thicker styrofoam. We also could have made it wider so there is no gaps in the lamp. Other teams had better temperatures because we did not have as much time because we were not there one day and we had to just start building.