University of Wyoming Honors Program: Laramie, Wyoming
The ChemE Car that Cud: AIChE ChemE Car Engineering Design Proposal
Thomas A. Christensen II
May 14, 2019
The ChemE Car That Cud showcases Wyoming’s dominant industries of agriculture and mining by utilizing rumen fluid from a cannulated beef cow to generate hydrogen to be used in a hydrogen fuel cell and radioactive cesium, a byproduct of uranium that is often obtained from Wyoming’s mines, to time the car’s stop. The concentration of cesium-137 source is measured using the radioactive decay of cesium shielded by aluminum. The painted aluminum chassis was obtained from a previous team at UW, and modified using plastic k’nex toys to adapt to the current power source and stopping mechanism.
https://doi.org/10.15786/13700938.v1