Team Roster
Member
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Pertinent Skills
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Positions within Team
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David De Ocampo
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· Solidworks experience
· Organizational skills
· Good communication skills
· Leadership
· Hardworking
· Fabrication experience
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Superway Club President, Intermediate Scale Research Assistant, Intermediate Scale Fabrication Assistant
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David Luo
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· Familiarity with: ProE, Creo, AutoCAD
· Familiarity with Arduino
· Familiarity with MATLAB
· Strong research background
· Fast Service Technician at BMW of SF
· Avid learner and hands-on worker
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Intermediate Scale Fabrication Lead, Intermediate Scale Research Assistant
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Ivan Servin
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Creo, AutoCad, C++, Machining, light welding
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Small Scale Solar Lead
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Augustine Soucy
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· Experience with multiple CAD programs
· Experience with metal and wood fabrication
· Familiarity with microcontrollers and developing microcontroller code
· BSA Eagle Scout(2006)
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Solar Team Lead, Intermediate Scale Research Assistant, Intermediate Scale Fabrication Assistant
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Brian To
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Arduino, welding, matlab, solidworks
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Small Scale Solar Research Lead
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Allan Wai
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Solidworks, C++, Arduino, Python, Matlab, Machining
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Small Scale Solar Fabrication Lead
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Jaymie Zapata
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· Machine shop fabrication experience
· Previous project management experience
· Experience working with cars
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Intermediate Scale Research Lead, Intermediate Scale Fabrication Assistant
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Introduction
Currently our main source of energy is from fossil fuels. Fossil fuels is by definition a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms; although it is originally a natural source, it is heavily processed and when burned creates a plethora of harmful side-effects. Despite being our main energy source, fossil fuels have many disadvantages which vary from environmental hazard, high prices, toxic to human health, and being non renewable. These are only some of the negatives that are involved with fossil fuels. In spite of that, there are current viable energy sources that will prolong the earth’s environmental health such as wind, solar, and wave power. One of the most popular renewable energy source is solar. Solar is a great choice for many reason; it is renewable, sustainable, environmentally friendly, reduce cost,requires low maintenance, and is readily available across the world. That is where the Spartan Superway shines; while it will solve many transportation issues, it will also solve some of the power issues with modern public transit.
The goal of the Spartan Superway Solar Team in 2015 and 2016 is to fully conceptualize the power gathering array of the system. The Team will have two focus areas: Intermediate Scale Research and Implementation, and Small Scale Implementation.
Both teams will work closely for preliminary research and designing system components before fabricating their own respectively sized deliverables.
Small Scale Solar Team
The goal of the Small Scale Implementation Team is to create an operational solarized system that will power the 1/12th scale model. The final goal would be to power the model with solar energy in the highest capacity possible, and to supplement the remaining power needs using batteries to retain all functionality of the scale model. The Small Scale Team will aim for half solarized system is due to the low efficiency of our current solar panels. The current solar panel provided by Miasole are only able to offer 17% efficiency which is most likely not be enough to fully power the model. Further research will be done on higher efficiency panels such as lab grade solar panels and “absolute black” solar panels which shown can produce as efficiency as high as 50% and 96% respectively. Without access to lab grade solar panels, the goal of a fully powered model is not possible. The communication with the power team will help us determine further design modifications to improve our efficient or harvesting of energy. Communication with the Intermediate Scale Solar Team will help determine the construction style of the newly implemented Small Scale Solar Power System. The combination of factors such as efficiency, cost, maintenance, placement, installation, and model systems will help us determine the best idea and will all be taken into account in research and planning of the new system concept.
The Small Scale deliverable goal of a half operational solarized system, is to add a charging station. The charging station allows the harvested energy to be transferred onto the model sized bogie. We can assume that the charging station cannot instantly charge the batteries on the bogie but it is an attainable goal to not fully rely on batteries. According to last years project, the size of the solar panel provided by Miasole lack efficiency to provide enough energy. This time around, we aim to have multiple solar panels re-energize the batteries so it can recharge the model sized bogie.
Intermediate Scale Solar Team
The primary goal of the Intermediate Scale Solar Team is to determine the details of a system necessary to power a solar transportation system of varying size. There will be many details that need to be taken into account such as: tram energy consumption, facilities energy consumption, network size, power production capacity, and power storage capacity. Research into available solar panels and gathering methods will be conducted to determine the most effective and appropriate panel technology to be used in the system.
Once an appropriate panel type has been selected a modular mounting system will be designed for the lengths of track in the system. Communication with the Intermediate Scale Track Design Team will be crucial in the designing of this mounting system. The deliverable for this project will be a modular system that can be adjusted and mounted for wide range of track conditions that are not limited to: compass direction of the track, latitude of the track, and local weather patterns of the system’s geographic location. An additional goal, given any extra development time will be that of a dual axis solar tracking system for use on stations. This more robust power generation method will be more effective but harder to maintain and for that reason it will be used sparingly. A deliverable that could be produced for this additional goal would be a working system at the intermediate scale of the project, mounted on the simulated station.
Critical Path Scheduling
Milestones within this project will be: Research, Concept Creation, Concept Design, and Fabrication. Setting Fabrication aside which will be undertaken in Spring of 2016, that leaves Research and Conceptualization to be completed before the conclusion of Fall 2015.
To be ready for Fabrication in 2016, the following deadlines should be met:
- Research completed by mid October, 2015
- Concept Creation completed by November, 2015
- Concept Design finalized by mid November, 2015
- Fabrication Preparation completed by December, 2015
At this point this is a rough timeframe, but the Solar Team plans to be ready for fabrication by the end of Fall, 2015.
Budget
The estimated budget for the combined Solar Team will be in the neighborhood of $1,000. Further research, design, donations and unforeseen circumstances may necessitate this number be increased or decreased in the future.
References
Disadvantages of Fossil Fuels - Conserve Energy Future. (2013, January 19). Retrieved September 14, 2015.
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