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Passive Solar Tracker Team Final Presentation

December 9, 2013. Passive Solar Tracker Team Final Presentation. Darren Slotnick Kevin Leonard Ming Zheng Govind Raman. Temperatures : Spring: 24.5 °C – 14.0 °C Summer: 24.7 °C – 12.7 °C Fall: 23.7 °C – 12.3 °C Winter: 21.0 °C – 11.3 °C

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Passive Solar Tracker Team Final Presentation

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  1. December 9, 2013 Passive Solar Tracker TeamFinal Presentation Darren Slotnick Kevin Leonard Ming Zheng Govind Raman

  2. Temperatures: Spring: 24.5 °C – 14.0 °C Summer: 24.7 °C – 12.7 °C Fall: 23.7 °C – 12.3 °C Winter: 21.0 °C – 11.3 °C Wind Speed: 0  to 19 mph (calm to fresh breeze), maximum of 40 mph (gale). Life in Kenya Poverty level: 45.9% in 2005 School enrollment (% net): 83% in 2009 Percent with electricity: 16% Population: 43.18 million Life Expectancy: 60 years old in 2011 Rural Access to Water: 54%

  3. Our Mission and Vision We aim to help provide power to underdeveloped communities in Kenya With greater access to power, these communities will experience a higher quality of living

  4. Criteria for our Tracker Unique Low Maintenance Sustainable Economical

  5. Tracking Method Tracking Method

  6. Summary of Calculations • ) (1) • (2) • (3)

  7. Moving Forward • High resistance wire • Batteries • Additional solar panels Microcontrollers

  8. Prototype Development

  9. Team Dynamics

  10. References • http://blogs.stlawu.edu/conservationmediakenya/ • http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=234827 • http://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Africas-Largest-PV-Plant-by-Masdar-02.jpg • http://www.zomeworks.com/photovoltaic-tracking-racks/ • http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/back-to-school-going-green-460708 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcontroller • http://upstatemetalrecycling.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/burning-wire/ • http://www.desktopas.com/african-sunset-desktop-wallpaper.html • http://data.worldbank.org/country/kenya • http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/nov/22/kenya-geothermal-power-energy-revolution • http://weatherspark.com/averages/29261/Nairobi-Kenya • http://goafrica.about.com/library/bl.weather.kenya.htm

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