Scrap aluminum as fuel
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019
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| author | Miller, Shannon(Shannon E.) |
| author2 | Douglas P. Hart. |
| author_facet | Douglas P. Hart. Miller, Shannon(Shannon E.) |
| author_sort | Miller, Shannon(Shannon E.) |
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| description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019 |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1232782019-12-14T03:04:30Z Scrap aluminum as fuel Miller, Shannon(Shannon E.) Douglas P. Hart. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019 Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 32). The new development of a low cost, low risk aluminum fuel production method has extended the viable use cases of aluminum as a fuel. Scrap aluminum has the potential to provide fuel in disaster relief zones when infrastructure is ruined and scrap metal is abundant. Additionally, converting scrap aluminum to fuel can provide an alternate option to traditional recycling methods. The following paper presents various methods used to process and treat scrap aluminum and the resulting efficacy of these methods. Four different fuel production methods are presented. Parameters such as method of reforming scrap aluminum, percent mass eutectic in fuel, eutectic coating time, and pretreatment of aluminum cans are varied. The various methods achieved a wide range of efficiencies with the best being 57%. by Shannon Miller. S.B. S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering 2019-12-13T19:02:11Z 2019-12-13T19:02:11Z 2019 2019 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123278 1130231263 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 32 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Miller, Shannon(Shannon E.) Scrap aluminum as fuel |
| title | Scrap aluminum as fuel |
| title_full | Scrap aluminum as fuel |
| title_fullStr | Scrap aluminum as fuel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scrap aluminum as fuel |
| title_short | Scrap aluminum as fuel |
| title_sort | scrap aluminum as fuel |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123278 |
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