{"id":44,"date":"2016-06-07T14:56:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T19:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/?p=44"},"modified":"2016-11-30T15:14:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T20:14:03","slug":"biomass-shredder-test-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/2016\/06\/07\/biomass-shredder-test-preparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomass Shredder Test Preparations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Hays and myself spent the day putting the finishing touches on the table that our biomass shredder was mounted on with the help of a skilled Haitian carpenter. Testing of the shredder began immediately after the table&#8217;s completion. Coconut husks, leaves, and branches were all tested and were successfully shredded.<\/p>\n<p>The next steps Sean and I will be optimizing the efficiency of the shredding process and installing a hopper. We will also be investigating the optimal methods of preparing the biomass for shredding as well as discovering which materials burn well as briquettes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2016\/06\/thumbnail_FullSizeRender-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"thumbnail_FullSizeRender\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2016\/06\/thumbnail_FullSizeRender-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2016\/06\/thumbnail_FullSizeRender.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2016\/06\/thumbnail_IMG_6920-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"thumbnail_IMG_6920\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2016\/06\/thumbnail_IMG_6920-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2016\/06\/thumbnail_IMG_6920.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2016\/06\/thumbnail_IMG_6933-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"thumbnail_IMG_6933\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2016\/06\/thumbnail_IMG_6933-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2016\/06\/thumbnail_IMG_6933.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Hays and myself spent the day putting the finishing touches on the table that our biomass shredder was mounted on with the help of a skilled Haitian carpenter. Testing of the shredder began immediately after the table&#8217;s completion. Coconut &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/2016\/06\/07\/biomass-shredder-test-preparations\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}