Wednesday, the second best day of the week. We spared no time in getting down to business with our institutional model outlines. We planned every step of the way, from the foodwaste starting at Rathbone (or any other source depending on the model) to the final curing process of the compost. We made several different models using a variety of different options under each category until we found one that we think was the most optimal.
Between our model making, we did some composting as usual. The rats were still there, it was still smelly, and I still go mosquito bites. We managed to weigh all of the buckets of food waste (after forgetting the scale and running back for it), add them to the pile, take the piles temperature, and cover the pile. We started keeping track of variables such as air temp, pile temp (3 locations), food waste in kilograms, and number of brown waste buckets we used (aka wood chips). We hope to come up with a solid method for making decent compost. Our ratio of food waste to brown waste is currently 1:1 due to the massive about of brown waste in our pile already, but our goal is to add 3 parts brown matter to every 1 part food waste.
Our plan for Thursday is to work a bunch on our SUSAN technology. Our goals are to get it talking to Xively, make a prototype of our temperature sensors, look at moisture sensors, test shielded wire, the physical construction of SUSAN, and research solar panels and estimate costs. Hefty loads for today, but I'll let you know how it goes.
GR2OW Stands for Green Resource Recovery of Waste, and that's just what our project is. We will be researching composting and its implementation, and our long-term goal is to implement a composting facility on Lehigh University's campus. Here is where we will be posting our project's process, pictures, ideas, etc. to keep everyone updated. Team Members: Alec Entress - Junior Aly Lang - Junior Tori Weidorn - Sophomore Ben Cicchillo - Sophomore
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