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
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