Today was a great day because we were allowed to roam around the computer lab and fabrication room to finish the final kinetic sculpture and associated presentation materials (Poster, PowerPoint, etc.). My job today was to de-bug the programs that I created because I had three separate programs from the previous Mini-sculpture and two new ones for the final sculpture. It turns out, mixing digital and analog inputs is somewhat difficult. After a lot of re-programming and testing, the errors were fixed and now the sculpture functions properly. I stayed a little later after class to upload a Working Model simulation, the poster, and export some files for home (dorm) use.
I also finished working on the Individual Proposal Assignment "Discovery Project". My subject is a man-portable, modular wind turbine system which addresses all the current issues surrounding the topic of Wind Turbines. I first started with Wind Turbine efficiency, but found the topic to be too well researched.
An except from my proposal:
"The new design of the wind turbine system includes a series of modular turbines that are environmentally friendly, cost efficient, and easily transported and maintained. The turbine system proposes several long rows of modular turbines which are placed along the ridges and valleys of mountain ranges which provide more constant wind flow. Each modular block of turbines, measuring approximately five to eight feet in height and ten to twelve feet in length would include safe propellers with “scoops” to capture the wind, a sturdy composite material frame, and a modular drive shaft. The shafts would be linked together using a ball and socket joint to allow for maneuverability over rough terrain. The large chain of drive shafts would then be hooked up to a single generator for each row and could be directly transported to the power output source."
And some diagrams from the proposal:
This diagram is a side view of the rotor assembly with the “A” arm frame supporting drive shaft which links the modules together to a single generator.
This front view of a single three propeller module shows the position of each of the rotors which are separated by “A” arm frames and connected to drive shafts.I am very excited about the project and look forward to entering it into the $500 grant proposal so I can conduct the project.
Thanks for looking!
Cosmos is coming to an end, I am very sad, yet happy that I had a great time!
Regards,
Paul Deardorff
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