Rice Husk Ash Grinder
In the final year of my Masters degree, my Capstone Project focused on a method of reducing the carbon footprint of cement, especially in developing communities in Asia.
We worked with a NGO in Thailand - the Center for Vocational Technology - to research, design, build and test of a more efficient method of grinding Rice Husk Ash (RHA), so that it may be used as a replacement ingredient in Ordinary Portland Cement. |
RHA is a waste product in many parts of Asia, and if ground to a very fine particle size, it can serve as a replacement ingredient when making cement. By making this replacement, the overall carbon footprint of the cement is reduced. However, efficient methods of grinding this material are not well understood - hence our research into this area.
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Our team of four were excited and proud to be able to take on a Capstone Project which had clear sustainability goals, while providing an interesting and novel design challenge.
At the conclusion of our project, we were awarded two prizes for our work:
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