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Designing a Better Camping Pot

Designing a Better Camping Pot. Mark Fernelius Luke Duffield. Overview. We wanted to design a backpacking pot that would decrease cooking times using fins on the bottom and sides. This would decrease the amount of fuel needed and, thus, the weight a backpacker would need to carry.

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Designing a Better Camping Pot

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  1. Designing a Better Camping Pot Mark Fernelius Luke Duffield

  2. Overview We wanted to design a backpacking pot that would decrease cooking times using fins on the bottom and sides. This would decrease the amount of fuel needed and, thus, the weight a backpacker would need to carry.

  3. Our Design

  4. Assumptions • Constant temperature on the bottom • Reasonable surface and air temperatures • Averaged properties over the process • Fins modeled as isothermal, parallel plates • Fuel burning temperature • Radiation is approximately equal between the two cases, so it was neglected • Convection coefficient approximately equal between the two cases

  5. Results • Fins on the side contribute very little. It would be best to not include them as the added weight is not offset by higher performance. • Fins on the bottom increase heat flux by a factor of nine, so they are worth the added weight.

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