I am doing a project on E-cigs for my college engineering class

[f(x)'=cosx]

So right now I am doing my part to get good information out there to other people about e cigs. In my engineering class we are being asked to pick a product and research its functionality. I got my group to agree on doing our research on electronic cigarettes because I am a user of e-cigs and they became very interested in them once I showed them mine.

I am very excited to do this research because I feel e-cigs are life saving devices and are truly not getting a fair shake in the eyes of the public or in the eyes of our government. I hope that our research reaches a few people in my class and maybe they might make the switch from tobacco to e-cigs and for the rest perhaps educate them on some pretty cool technology.

If anyone has some links to videos or websites that really gets into the nitty-gritty details of e-cigs I would love to see them. As always guys, keep on vaping!!!!!!

 

[Morgythekilla]

Very cool project!! I mean, as an ecig user, you have to research everything anyway, lucky! What type of engineering are you going for? Sorry, no super cool/ detailed links, but as we all know, it's a battery that heats up a coil, that heats either two, lighter than water liquids.. Saw some pretty cool curcit board designs on here, shows the whole diagram. Good luck!

 

[cskent]

There's a few research papers out there if that's what you're interested in, if you ask in the CASAA forum you'll probably get links to them. There's also a technical forum that might have some info. If you're looking for videos there's tons on You Tube but that means it's hard to find exactly what you're looking for. For some technical stuff try the Madvapes.com site, they have some stuff in the links at the top of their page.

I noticed you're in Ohio, where do you go to school? I'm at KSU and graduate in December with an MS.

 

[tj99959]

Build an operational model of this on a project board.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/battery-mods/114901-evercool-variable-voltage-mod.html

 

[f(x)'=cosx]

Thanks for the support guys, great community we have here. I attend The Ohio State University and Im studying Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Ill be sure to let everyone know how the project goes and most likely post my research. tj99959 ill give that link a look. Keep on Vaping!!!

 

[Pamdane]

asnider and the other mod-ers post schematics and actual works in progress in the mod threads.
Good luck. From another Ohioian.

 

[Iffy]

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Alrighty... we'll be lookin for a new nicquid formula that's made with water and Nesquik!

 

[MickeyRat]

A little research on youtube will turn up videos of how to use them, how to mod them, how to take attys apart. Whatever you want. The basic principles are pretty simple.

 

[wdave]

So right now I am doing my part to get good information out there to other people about e cigs. In my engineering class we are being asked to pick a product and research its functionality. I got my group to agree on doing our research on electronic cigarettes because I am a user of e-cigs and they became very interested in them once I showed them mine.

I am very excited to do this research because I feel e-cigs are life saving devices and are truly not getting a fair shake in the eyes of the public or in the eyes of our government. I hope that our research reaches a few people in my class and maybe they might make the switch from tobacco to e-cigs and for the rest perhaps educate them on some pretty cool technology.

If anyone has some links to videos or websites that really gets into the nitty-gritty details of e-cigs I would love to see them. As always guys, keep on vaping!!!!!!

There are two prequisites for truly understanding ecigs. Thermodynamics and fluid dynamics. Without these prequisites you will just be another ranting egomaniac.

HTH,
Dave

 

[MickeyRat]

There are two prequisites for truly understanding ecigs. Thermodynamics and fluid dynamics. Without these prequisites you will just be another ranting egomaniac.

HTH,
Dave

I would think there might be some heat transfer in there somewhere.

 

[wdave]

I would think there might be some heat transfer in there somewhere.

I stand corrected.

 

[f(x)'=cosx]

perhaps a little gibbs free energy? Im loving all the general chemistry vernacular thats being thrown around here, reminds me of my gen chem sequence.......ugh!

 

[wdave]

perhaps a little gibbs free energy? Im loving all the general chemistry vernacular thats being thrown around here, reminds me of my gen chem sequence.......ugh!

Well, you could choose the most convenient ecig that has good throat hit. You don' have to complicate things.

 

[John Phoenix]

Im studying Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

So, would your project deal with the chemical properties of the juice more as opposed to the physical apparatus itself or both?

I'd say add to your project some info from the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) on each of the main e-cig juice liquids nicotine PG , VG and FDA flavorings and use it for experimentation, hypothsis, theory and conclusion. You could build an e-cig, talk about the mechanics then talk about the juice itself, exactly what happens when you heat those liquids to their boiling points or whatever they reach from the known or calculated measured heat of your attomiser. Then for the biochemical side, get some info on how these liquids vaped effect health of the body and or cells at the molecular levels. You'll figure it out but I think you get my gist. I think a project that in depth would be sweet.

 

[zoiDman]

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[zoiDman]

I would think there might be some heat transfer in there somewhere.

So when did they kick Heat Transfers out of Thermodynamics?

 

[MickeyRat]

So when did they kick Heat Transfers out of Thermodynamics?

I took them both and they are different. Heat transfer tends to be more concerned with how much heat is transfered to the surroundings or through a substance. Heat gradients, cooling fins, heat exchangers etc. Thermodynamics tends to be more about energy in and energy out. There is a fair amount of overlap I'll admit.

 

[zoiDman]

I took them both and they are different. Heat transfer tends to be more concerned with how much heat is transfered to the surroundings or through a substance. Heat gradients, cooling fins, heat exchangers etc. Thermodynamics tends to be more about energy in and energy out. There is a fair amount of overlap I'll admit.

Sounds like a Set and a Sub-Set of the same Set.

 

[MickeyRat]

Sounds like a Set and a Sub-Set of the same Set.

Similar in the sense that they were both concerned with temperature but, not the same when I took them. Heat transfer was a lot tougher class than thermo BTW.

 

[zoiDman]

Similar in the sense that they were both concerned with temperature but, not the same when I took them. Heat transfer was a lot tougher class than thermo BTW.

Of course, no pun intended, it all depends on the Course, the Instructor and the Textbook that is used.

But I think you can say the The Laws of Thermodynamics govern Heat Transfer.

Heat Transfers can involve some Nasty Calculus with a Bunch on Non-Linear Differentail Equations running around making Life Difficult. That is for sure.

Where as a 1st semester Thermo-D class tends to just hit the highlights and the Big Picture of each of the Four Laws of Thermo-D.