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Passive Solar Tracker Team Final Presentation Darren Slotnick Kevin Leonard Ming Zheng Govind Raman December 9, 2013

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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Passive Solar Tracker TeamFinal Presentation

Darren SlotnickKevin Leonard

Ming ZhengGovind Raman

December 9, 2013

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%

• 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).

Our Mission and VisionWe aim to help provide power to underdeveloped

communities in Kenya

With greater access to power, these communities will experience a higher quality of living

Criteria for our Tracker

UniqueEconomicalLow MaintenanceSustainable

Tracking MethodTracking Method

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

Total Energy Needed to Evaporate Mixture 390.3274 kJ

Radius (m)

Length (m) Qnet

Solar Energy 3600 kJ/m^2 0.1 0.1 338.26

Microcontrollers

Moving Forward

High resistance wire Batteries

Additional solar panels

Prototype Development

Team Dynamics

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