Date of Award
Spring 2024
Document Type
Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Engineering Department
First Advisor
Lynne Molter
Abstract
A small low power rice cooker was modified so that its power source came from an external power supply. This allowed the devicet to be remotely operated from a traditional wall socket. A long testing process was carried out to see in-depth information about the current, power, and voltage draw of the rice cooker over an entire cooking and “keep warm” cycle. From this data, the power draw was integrated to find the total energy consumption of the rice cooker and determined what size and type of battery was needed to be purchase. With both the rice cooker and battery acquired, a housing model was drafted on Fusion360 that could hold both the rice cooker and battery together. This was then manufactured using woodshop tools to make the final rice cooker and battery housing prototype.
Recommended Citation
Casalino, Mateo , '24, "Battery Powered Rice Cooker" (2024). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 923.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/923