Athith Krishna Andrew Carr Ed Crocker Marshall Mucasey

Project CASSAVA
Red Team
This is our plan for today.

What is Project Cassava?

How does Project Cassava work?

How do we implement the project?

Where do we do it?

What is our business plan?

A major difference between a developed nation
and East Africa is ease of having cooking fuel.

The areas we are

focused on cannot
handle economic
instability from
changing fuel
prices.

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Cassava is a plant that is grown in
tropical environments.

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Our planned solution to help these
communities has two sub-systems.

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Our planned solution to help these
communities has two sub-systems.

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Our planned solution to help these
communities has two sub-systems.

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There are several existing cooking fuel
alternatives available to the population.
Less than 1% of homes are equipped with
electricity.

Number of households with electricity

22

Number of households without electricity

3848
n = 3870
Ethanol produces a manageable
combustion energy.
This is our plan for today.

What is Project Cassava?

How does Project Cassava work?

How do we implement the project?

Where do we do it?

What is our business plan?

Ethanol stoves can be applicable in a
wide variety of settings.
Ethanol stoves have very few
moving parts.
Ethanol Canister

Control Knob
Burner

Joint Tube Stove Base

The burner design is easy and
safe to ignite.

Cooking pot

Burn Bowl

Ignition Flame
Burner Base
Liquid Ethanol
The burner design makes use of a
simple heat cycle.

Cooking pot

Sustained Flame

Burn Bowl Gaseous Ethanol

Ignition Flame
Burner Base
Liquid Ethanol
Consistent heat will be produced by the
combusting gaseous ethanol.

Cooking pot

Sustained Flame

Burn Bowl Gaseous Ethanol

Burner Base
Liquid Ethanol
The chemical process begins with
glucose simple sugars.
Yeast is used to catalyze the reaction.
Ethanol is a byproduct of the reaction.
Cassava mash distillation is similar to
consumable alcohols.
The process begins with our mash
mixture.
Mash + Liquid Ethanol
Heating the mash causes the
ethanol to evaporate.
Mash + Liquid Ethanol

Gaseous Ethanol
This process yields purified, liquid
ethanol.
Mash + Liquid Ethanol

Gaseous Ethanol

Liquid Ethanol
This is our plan for today.

What is Project Cassava?

How does Project Cassava work?

How do we implement the project?

Where do we do it?

What is our business plan?

The distillation process requires
some external heating source.
Sunlight will be focused onto the
distillation tank using a large lens.
The distillation tank will be
placed after the focal point.

l = lens length
f = focal length
X = distance
from lens
L = focus length
A microcontroller will monitor the
system and adjust the lens as needed.
A microcontroller will monitor the
system and adjust the lens as needed.
A microcontroller will monitor the
system and adjust the lens as needed.
Distillation will be self-sufficient.
Distillation facilities would be
placed throughout communities.
The cost for each distillation setup
would be roughly 3000 USD.

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The cost of the second system should
be about 20 USD for materials.

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The secondary costs of the system are
most from reoccurring materials.

H +

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This is our plan for today.

What is Project Cassava?

How does Project Cassava work?

How do we implement the project?

Where do we do it?

What is our business plan?

The chosen areas make perfect sense.
Investing in cassava is not a high risk.
Mozambique is the target country for
our project.
Our chosen provinces have high cassava
production already.
Less than 1% of homes are equipped
with electricity.
Number of households with electricity
22

Number of households without electricity

3848

n = 3870
We will be partnering with the
Universidade Lúrio.

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This is our plan for today.

What is Project Cassava?

How does Project Cassava work?

How do we implement the project?

Where do we do it?

What is our business plan?

We have a three year plan.
• Testing and Confirmation of
Year 1 plans

• Optimization and
Year 2 Construction

• Implementation
Year 3
Investors provide seed for an
evergreen tree.
The investors definitely stand to
earn more than just goodwill.
Cassava processing is a very
flexible investment.
A large amount of cassava is being wasted
every year.
In brief, our business model is a
highly sustainable one.
Objective1 :
Target Markets, Requirement
Information & Communication
Objective 5:
Objective 2:
R & D, and
Agronomic support Finance

Objective 6: Production,
Processing &
Commercialization

Objective 4: Objective 3:
Policy Creation & Capacity Building, Quality
Adoption Assurance & Extension
This endeavor will directly impact a part
of the “other 90%.”
Any questions or comments?