Week 5

Now that the lab section is halfway over, the group really had to start making big moves this week so we could start testing our filtering process. Throughout the weeks, some of the group members tried to contact food trucks for waste grease. Most of the trucks said that they had no way of giving us the grease. Fortunately, during the lab section this week, all four of us were able to go on Market Street and ask around for some waste grease. During this search, the food truck "Say Cheese" offered us their waste grease, but said that it would be over 300 degrees fahrenheit. Unfortunately, we have nothing to hold such a hot grease, so we had to rethink.

After talking to Megan, it was decided that we would return to "Say Cheese" and ask for a cooled grease sample. Once again, however, the owner said that he would not have enough grease for us. Luckily, he referred us to another food truck "Spot Burger" and we were able to talk to the owner. He told us that he had no waste grease at the moment, but he could bring us some Tuesday afternoon. Finally, the group would have some waste grease to begin testing!

In addition to finally finding grease, we also borrowed a ring stand and a bucket from the lab. The ring stand will hold our filter system, and the bucket may be used to store the grease. Testing of the filter can finally begin on Tuesday!