Diedrich IR-12 Series Roaster

Our client,Diedrich Manufacturing, proposed a student ran design project that worked to improve their IR-12 coffee Roasters. Diedrich Manufacturing gives students the opportunity to demonstrate and further develop their engineering skills by challenging them to figure out the inner working of their IR-12 Series Coffee Roaster and make it more efficient.

Design Task
Mean Bean Consulting (MBC) Capstone project will be to work with Diedrich Manufacturing and their IR-12 Series Coffee Roaster. MBC will develop a computational model of the inner workings of the roaster to find the temperature fluctuation and volumetric flow rate. The computational model will then be validated using different experimental apparatuses throughout the IR-12 roaster. Goals:


 * 1) Model the heat exchanger using solidworks
 * 2) Develop Computational model to determine Temperature throughout the IR-12.
 * 3) Use several different sensors that can handle heat in the range of 350-1000 degrees F and distribute them throughout the roaster
 * 4) Validate the Computational model with experimentally and analyzed statistically

Detailed Specifications
[[File:2014_MBC_Specssheet.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Team MBC Specifications sheet
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Data Collected
To comply with the confidentiality agreement with Diedrich the graph legends have been removed from the data.

Team Members


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