Conference Session

ECCD Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Awilma Paola Ventura Lugo, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

). 𝑃𝑄 𝑒= = 𝐹1 (𝑃, 𝑄, 𝜏, 𝜔) … . (2) 𝜏𝜔To determine the variables that affect pump efficiency of the fluid system the variables that affectequation (2) were defined. Identifying that flow rate 𝑄 is a function of q = displacement volume,ω = angular velocity, µ = fluid viscosity, and T = temperature. In addition, the overall efficiencyfunction shown in equation (3) was determined by knowing that output pressure P is a function ofτ = torque, 𝑄 = flow rate, µ = fluid viscosity, and T = temperature. 𝑒 = 𝐹(𝑞, 𝜔, 𝑃, 𝑄, 𝜏, 𝜇, 𝑇) … . (3)In general, the efficiency of any pump system is a function of many independent variables

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Emery Mertz, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

into the project. These stakeholders included theMayor, City Engineer, President of prominent HOA, and the president of an environmentalaction group. Each of these fictional stakeholders had pre-described concerns with a power plantdesign as well as opinions about what a good power plant might do. These stakeholders weredesigned to have some points of commonality, but also points of disagreement on theirwants/needs for the power plant. Once the stakeholders were introduced to the project,documentation that described the requirements and criteria of the project were reducedsubstantially. The information they needed would now be determined by “interviewing” thestakeholders in a Q&A online forum. The instructional staff role-played as the

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Vernon Cook, University of Pittsburgh; Robert J. Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation