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EcoPot

Project #5: A more efficient pot for those who cook over wood fires and related technologies

Status as of June, 2025

Thanks to Cledden Kwanin and Ivan Urdiales, we have a computational fluid dynaimcs (CFD) simulation based on OpenFOAM. We are approaching the ability to test hypotheses with this tool.

We have a particular design based on an initial hypothesis: The faster the flow around the pot, the more the flames and hot flue gases will be "sucked" against the pot due to the Coandă effect/Bernoulli effect. Based on this idea, we have made a "fish" shaped pot (and lid) which is streamlined, with heat transfer fins.

Our initial goal is to compare this pot to a cylindrical pot.

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Team Ecopot for Rice University

Team Ecopot, of Rice University, did the initial work on this base on ideas from Public Invention. They are:

  1. Christopher J Fang
  2. Kaitlyn Wang
  3. Stephanie A. Ponce
  4. Concepcion C Appio-Riley
  5. Sana A. Mohamed
  6. Samuel Robedee

Research Papers (WIP)

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"Revisiting the optimal shape of cooling fins: A one-dimensional analytical study using optimality conditions" by Joe Alexandersen and Ole Sigmund.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.04310

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