03.31
During my stay in Sweden I do have some obligations, like working on my thesis project. I have not really written anything about that yet, so let’s write a bit about that now.
Two months have passed and I am (still) reading literature, discussing with my mentor, and writing parts of my report. I hoped that by now I would have a prototype to play with since my model is finished, but it seems I have to wait a bit longer. Today we’ve been to the workshop again discussing certain parts. Now I need to make some final drawings for them and then the construction can begin!
There is just one part I am still a bit unsure about though. We will construct custom heat exchangers for in our device. Three of these heat exchangers use a fluid like water, but one heat exchanger will be electrically heated. Now it is not that difficult to calculate how much heat will be dissipated by a resistance of a certain material and dimension. However, calculating whether the wire will not damage is something totally different. Monday a collegue who used to be a electrician will be at work, perhaps he knows how to make a nice estimation.
Like I said I am still reading literature while I write parts of my report at the same time. Really, how nice is it when you read ‘literature’, and that people don’t refer correctly, claiming that certain claims belong to certain people, and then totally mess up. Even though it sometimes can be rather confusing, it does feel good in the end when you have it all straight 