Our team faced the challenge of restarting and improving the design and operation of a small scale biodigester constructed by a WPI team the previous year for Nuestro Huerto, an urban farm in Worcester. We developed methods to produce, filter, collect, and store biogas and used the gas as a cooking fuel. Our work was influenced by a human centered design framework in which we focused our design and improvements on the needs and capacities of our sponsor to maintain and operate the technology.

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Creator

• Pizzuto, Joseph Nicholas
• Marsh, Justin Andrew
• Silk, Alex Richard
• Marquardt, Natalie Marie

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Sustainability
• Energy

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-090715-141552

Keyword

• Renewable energy sources
• Farm management
• Rural development
• Biomass energy

Advisor

• Rosbach, Derren
• Hersh, Robert

Year

• 2015

Center

• Sustainable Food Systems Project Center - IQP
• Farm Stay Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• Nuestro Huerto

Date created

• 2015-09-07

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-08-09