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Haiti Wind
Project
(Summer 2011)
By Kacie O’Neil
Introduction
Energy
Grand Challenges
Professor Catherine Peters (CEE) was the
advisor
Internship focused on Sustainable Energy
and easy deployment
I focused mainly on structural analysis
Initial Challenge
Generate
a large amount of power (kW)
Parts had to fit into a standard shipping
container
Easily deployable wind generator
Background
Standard
Shipping container holds:
Easily deployable wind turbine
Solar panels to supplement wind turbine
Easily deployable and possibly telescoping
tower to hold turbine
Turbine equipment including generator,
battery, etc.
Originally
intended for cases such as
disaster relief (Haiti)
How the project has changed
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines
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Horizontal Axis Turbine
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Goals for Internship
Main Goal: build/design a prototype
Half scale model
For a competition in April
Looking for commercially made parts
This included:
Finding a turbine
Choosing a battery
Finding a mast system that can fit in the
“shipping container” (half size model)
Figuring out how to ship the prototype
Constraints
Size of parts they have to fit into a box of
limited size
Weightwhatever goes up in the air must be
supported on the ground
Deployment needs to be set up/put up by
humans (no machines)
Construction must be able to be packed
up and shipped elsewhere
Cost we currently have a very limited
budget
Current design
Haiti Challenge
Current Design
Combines
wind and solar power
The purpose of the solar is make the
power generation more constant
Intentions: provide energy and possibly a
source of income to pay for repair costs
SAP
Computer Modeling
Examples of Stress on a SAP
Model
SAP Models Material
SAP Model
What I was modeling
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Deformed Shape
Conclusion
Prototype
was planned but not built (no
space during the summer)
Learned a lot about structural analysis
Gained valuable experience working on
a research project learning about how to
revise plans to make them better