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Team 3 Project Integrated wind Generated System. By John Overhiser , Karen Crouch, Sean Martin, Qianqian Zhang. Solidworks Prototype. Prototype Specifications. Apartment Complex Filters wind through sloped rings Integrated into building design Sunroof and Patio
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Team 3 ProjectIntegrated wind Generated System By John Overhiser, Karen Crouch, Sean Martin, Qianqian Zhang
Prototype Specifications • Apartment Complex • Filters wind through sloped rings • Integrated into building design • Sunroof and Patio • Wind turbines cover ¾ of floor • Final quarter designated to elevators and stairs • Connect to main generator which supplies wind power for entire building
Materials • 24 stainless steel fans, 42” • Building Materials: • Brick: 24 stories: 10 ft. per story • 90 ft. x 90 ft. frame • Windows: 2.5 x 2 ft • 2 concrete conical sections: • SA of 122,380.82 ft.
Overall Cost • Brick Cost= 5.14 Million • Window Cost= 88.4 Thousand • Concrete Cost= 2.65 Million • Turbine Cost= 8 Thousand • Total Cost: 7.89 Million
Return Cost • Annual 24-story energy cost1 • 356 Thousand • Cost of turbine-powered energy provider • 2.66 Million • Return Rate: • Cost/provider = 13.45% • Rule of 72: 5.35 years to return original cost
Location • Mt. Washington, NH • 35.1 mph2 • Dominant annual average wind speed • Over 18 mph over any other US city
Wind Power • Pmax= .5 ρ AV3 • Pmax= maximum theoretical power • ρ =Density= 1.2 kg/m3 • A=Area= π(1)2 • V=Air Velocity=35.1 mi/h = 15.67 m/s • 22, 738.91 W = 22.74 kW
References • 1- http://www.energyhog.org/adult/pdf/EnergyFacts.pdf • 2- http://answers.noaa.gov/noaa.answers/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=703&start=121