Week 2 - Starting the Design Process

     The focus of this week was to modify and improve the stakeholders needs and specification sheet, to discuss the 12 design proposals of the stove, and splitting and assigning sub groups to complete tasks.

The 12 Design Proposals
    
     A rocket stove is currently the group's stove of choice but there are components within the stove that could still be changed and optimized for the Bo Kluea villagers.

Figure 1: Traditional Rocket Stove Operation

     The materials that the stove was to be made out of was also considered. The criteria for the materials were, that it needed to be a domestic product, easy to build and repair by the villagers, and affordable for both the manufactures and villagers. Clay, different metal alloys, and bricks were considered for the outer shell of the stove. The cost of the stove cannot exceed $10.00 (฿322 Thai Baht) ideally. It needs to be easily affordable by the villagers and if a component gets damaged, the repair needs to be cheap and easy. The stove needs to fit all these requirements while still having sufficient heat output and decrease the smoke output per cubic inches.

Figure 2: Working Specification Sheet