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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


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Solar Tracking Progress Presentation

Belsheim Joshua, Francis Travis, He Jiayang, Moehling Anthony, Liu Pengyan, Ziemkowski Micah

  • Jan. 31, 2014

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Presentation Outline

  • Project introduction
  • Old design
  • New design
  • Design changes
  • Task break down
  • Gantt Chart
  • Conclusion

Joshua 2

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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

Joshua 3

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Fall 2013 Solar Panel Array Design

Travis 4

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Spring 2014 Solar Panel Array Design

Travis 5

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Original design side view

Travis 6

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New design side view

Micah 7

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New Hydraulic Stabilizers

Micah 8

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Old motor design

Micah 9

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New motor design

Jiayang 10

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New design elements

Jiayang 11

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Design changes

  • One motor for each solar

panel

  • Hydraulic stabilizers
  • North and South pivot points
  • Adjustable feet stabilizers
  • Shaft welded and bolted to

frame of solar panels

  • Worm gear

Jiayang 12

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Task Break Down

Anthony 13

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Anthony 14

Original Gantt Chart for Spring 2014

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Pengyan 15

Updated Gantt Chart for Spring 2014

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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

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Any questions?

Pengyan 17