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Removing Water from an Azeotropic Ethanol-Water Mixture through Adsorption
Adsorption was explored as a mechanism to further separate azeotropic ethanol-water mixtures to produce pure ethanol for biofuel use. A bench-scale adsorption column was designed and tested. The variables in the experiment were the type of adsorbent, the amount of adsorbent, and the flow rate. The results showed that using 60 grams of Zeolite 3A at 5mL/minute produced optimal adsorption. An adsorption experiment was designed for the Unit Operations II Laboratory at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Puerto Rican Mill Restoration
Para La Naturaleza, a division of The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, owns the Hacienda La Esperanza estate, which contains an historic sugar mill located in ManatÃ, Puerto Rico. This mill displays the impact technology and slavery had on the Puerto Rican culture. This WPI project team recommended an exhibit design displaying the social context of the Hacienda and the evolution of steam power in mill machinery, and determined the steam requirements for restoring the mill’s engine to historical accuracy