Solar Tracking Progress Presentation Belsheim Joshua, Francis - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Solar Tracking Progress Presentation Belsheim Joshua, Francis Travis, He Jiayang, Moehling Anthony, Liu Pengyan, Ziemkowski Micah Jan. 31, 2014 1 Joshua

Presentation Outline • Project introduction • Old design • New design • Design changes • Task break down • Gantt Chart • Conclusion Joshua 2

Project Introduction • Need • Current solar tracking systems are intimidating to students • Objective • Design a system that enables students to experience fundamentals of solar tracking systems • Sponsor • Dr. Tom Acker • Testing environment • Will be tested using fixed solar panels 3 Joshua

Fall 2013 Solar Panel Array Design Travis 4

Spring 2014 Solar Panel Array Design Travis 5

Original design side view Travis 6

New design side view Micah 7

New Hydraulic Stabilizers Micah 8

Old motor design Micah 9

New motor design Jiayang 10

New design elements Jiayang 11

Design changes • One motor for each solar • Adjustable feet stabilizers panel • Shaft welded and bolted to • Hydraulic stabilizers frame of solar panels • North and South pivot points • Worm gear Jiayang 12

Task Break Down Anthony 13

Original Gantt Chart for Spring 2014 Anthony 14

Updated Gantt Chart for Spring 2014 Pengyan 15

Conclusion • Presented the design of our system at the end of last semester. • Due to a change in what the client wanted we modified our design over winter break. • We went over the changes from the old design to the new design. • The upcoming tasks were assigned to each group member and Gantt chart was updated. Pengyan 16

Any questions? Pengyan 17