Alternative fuels - Project planning and control

Project Planning and Control

1. The project started with the formation of the group and topic chosen was alternative fuels.
2. Our aim was to devise a fuel which is eco friendly.
3. Shivaani Bharadwaj came up with an idea to use wind energy since it is eco friendly and the idea has not been used at a small scale. Bharath bhandarkar gave us different ways of producing wind energy.
4. The concept diagrams were done by Shivaani Bharadwaj.
5. But this idea was put down for the fact that the entire model of the vehicle had to undergo a tremendous change if wind energy turbines were used.
6. Deepa Prasad and Bharath Bhadanarkar also gave us an idea of using dry ice as a fuel but again this idea had to be put down due to similar reasons.
7. Next, Aditya Yajaman came up with an idea of using carbon monoxide as a fuel. This interested all of us since carbon monoxide was a pollutant in the atmosphere.
8. We consulted Prof. D.N.Rao from the department of chemistry, Msrit and finally concluded that carbon monoxide can be used as a combustible fuel.
9. Carbon monoxide would produce carbon dioxide, which is again a pollutant. Deepa Prasad came up with an idea of using carbon dioxide produced in the exhaust to reproduce the carbon monoxide used.
10. Naveen. S found a suitable method of producing carbon monoxide on a large scale by the seperation of carbon monoxide from the other gases found in the atmosphere.
11. Rakesh Sharma found a suitable method of reproducing carbon monoxide from carbon dioxide using methane and also the use of composite material for the secondary chamber.
12. Aditya Yajaman along with Shivaani Bharadwaj consulted Hemavathi.S from the department of mechanical engineering, Msrit to devise a suitable engine for this combustion.
13. Finally Adarsh.K.P designed a effective fuel system keeping in mind the above conditions with the help of Aditya Yajaman and Rakesh Sharma.
14. Scheme drawings were done by Adarsh.K.P.
15. GANTT chart was prepared by Shivaani Bharadwaj and the reliability graph was prepared by Bharath Bhandarkar and Shivaani Bharadwaj.

In the graph, the X axis is the time in weeks, and the Y axis indicates the activities.

This was a collective effort by :

Adarsh Kashyap 1MS09IS005

Aditya Yajaman 1MS09IS006

Bharath Bhandarkar 1MS09IS024

Deepashree V Prasad 1MS09IS032

Naveen S. 1MS09IS060

Rakesh Sharma 1MS09IS075

Shivaani Bharadwaj 1MS09IS090