Transcript Transferable Skills

Student As Producer
Real World Research Projects
Elizabeth Bruzas
Careers and Employability Adviser
• January 2013- met at MMUK discuss University of Lincoln
collaboration(Elizabeth Bruzas, Richard Allarton and Mike
Poole)
• March 2014- Jason visited University to find out more about
the School of Engineering and the Product Design course
• July 2014- MMUK took on Dean Parkin as a summer
placement student
• September 2014- Collaborative Project between Engineering
and Product Design began
• Future Projects: Research with School of Chemistry,
Graduate Internships
Engineering Project Progress
• Martin Manufacturing produce smoke and haze machines for
the entertainments industry.
• They approached the School of Engineering to investigate the
properties of nozzle they had designed to produce haze
droplets using water rather than traditional oils using a nonstandard method of atomisation
• Whilst it appeared to work, they did not understand the theory
behind the design and so had not optimised it
• A number of technical issues were
also still to be resolved
• This seemed like a suitable project
for 4th Year MEng students ……..
Experiments
• Initial tests using Water- Slot and Hole orifice in
nozzle. Varied height + Air Pressure
• Found that turbulence on fluid surface posed
problem with consistency of atomisation
• Remedied using a larger fluid tank
Spray angle too wide in slot nozzle due to
dimensions of orifice
Slot performed best for water
Experiments – Droplet Size
Experiments – Test 1
Experiments – Test 2
Experiments – Test 3
Experiments – Test 4
Results for Water. Spray seemed finer however it was clear hang time was a problem, Turbulence in water more prominent.
This setup first applied to glycerine however varied performance due to liquid properties.
CFD Images
CFD Images
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Product Design Project Progress
Any Questions?