Joshua Ryan Blair
Mechanical engineering
Hometown: Chandler, Arizona, United States
Graduation date: Spring 2022
FURI | Fall 2020
Design and Optimization of Hybrid Fuel with Complex Bioinspired Geometries for Controllable Combustion Efficiency
More than 539 million tons of coal are consumed to generate energy each year. Due to the fabrication limitation, there is little research on the relation of combustion efficiency and geometric shape of coal briquette. Nowadays, 3D printing enables the fabrication of objects with complex microstructures. This research uses bioinspired microstructures to design a lightweight, high strength and high thermal conductivity 3D coal briquette. Thermal, airflow fluid, and mechanical simulations were conducted using COMSOL Multiphysics to determine the most efficient microstructures with the desired characteristics. The simulation results will further guide the modulation of briquette design to achieve desired properties.
Mentor: Xiangjia Li
It’s hip to be square.
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