Feasibility Study and Development of Modular Appliance Technologies, Centralized Heating (MATCH) Field Kitchen

Abstract : Modular Appliance Technologies, Centralized Heating (MATCH) explores field kitchen design from a heat transfer perspective. This effort included a feasibility study and preliminary design effort intended to replace the small individual gasoline burner units currently used in field kitchens with one large, more reliable and efficient multifuel burner unit. Phase I Preliminarily considered three approaches: Pumped Liquid System (a pumped liquid transfers the heat energy from the heater to the temperature controlled appliance); Vapor Transport System (heat is transferred to the appliance by vapor as in a heat pipe or steam radiator); Multiple Transport Media System (each appliance is heated by its own suitable fluid from a central heating plant). The pumped liquid system was selected at the conclusion of Phase I because of simplicity, cost, and designed and fabricated that featured a central burner and thermal fluid heater that heats a food grade mineral oil to 425 deg F which is then pumped to four appliances (griddle, fryer, kettle, and oven). This report includes design details, a manufacturing cost analysis, system safety analyses, standard efficiency tests, and cooking performance tests.