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| The air wheel set-up with
the outer metal cover removed and the demonstration inlet and outlet air
stream ducts attached. The heated air entered through the blue
insulated duct on the upper right. The "stale" building air
entered through the duct on the upper left. The cooled air exited
through the duct at lower left, where it would presumably either enter
the occupied areas directly or be further cooled by an air-conditioning
system, and the warmed exhaust air exited the
"building" at lower right. A coil heater was inserted into the
insulation-wrapped duct to raise the incoming air temperature to about
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Here the foam cover has been
removed, and the air wheel is partially visible. The computer at
left records the temperatures of the various air streams (and looks
cool, too!). |
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| Nick, be careful not to cut off Brian's
arm! Ha ha, just kidding. They're just wrestling the saw
into place, and it's not plugged in. |
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Some assembly required. |
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| Attaching a thermocouple to the duct. |
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"Duct" tape is called that because you
use it on ducts, right? |
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| Completed bench-scale setup with poster. |
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The poster. |
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| Making their presentation to
the judges. Some of the presentation rooms this year had windows
to the outside hall, so why not snap a picture or two? Apparently
the judges did not approve of this possible distraction and later had
blinds put on the windows. |
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The team right after their
presentation. They were the very first of the day, right at 8
a.m., and are now glad to have it over. |
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| Leigh Ann and Kendra trying
to get cricks out of their necks. |