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Sustainable Energy Project in Haiti: Power Generation Innovation

Unveiling the Summer 2011 Wind Project in Haiti, focusing on sustainable energy deployment. Structural analyses highlighted, alongside challenges, changes to turbine design, and energy goals. Integrate wind and solar for constant power supply. Learn about modeling stress and SAP examples.

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Sustainable Energy Project in Haiti: Power Generation Innovation

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  1. Haiti Wind Project (Summer 2011) By Kacie O’Neil

  2. 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

  3. Initial Challenge • Generate a large amount of power (kW) • Parts had to fit into a standard shipping container • Easily deployable wind generator

  4. 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)

  5. How the project has changed Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Horizontal Axis Turbine http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.manufacturer.com/upload/product/6414997/Vertical%2BAxis%2BWind%2BTurbine%2BGenerator_0_detail.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.manufacturer.com/product/m6414997-Vertical%2BAxis%2BWind%2BTurbine%2BGenerator.html&usg=__61kxs-7R1sk8wxRLNSKdb6Nfc5Y=&h=400&w=300&sz=10&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=c7YpWGW-l5qpyM:&tbnh=163&tbnw=110&ei=PK4lTtr6FcmBgAeLnbHvBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvertical%2Baxis%2Bwind%2Bturbine%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1599%26bih%3D789%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1029&vpy=226&dur=1625&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=104&ty=134&page=1&ndsp=39&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0&biw=1599&bih=789 http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wpcore.smallwt.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Horizontal-Axis-Wind-Turbine.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.smallwindtips.com/2009/11/vertical-axis-wind-turbines-vs-horizontal-axis-wind-turbines/&usg=__pmqWPIk4qVNEK1gL0OLzYxwXzY8=&h=262&w=200&sz=7&hl=en&start=0&zoom=0&tbnid=omdzP80u4Qj8fM:&tbnh=112&tbnw=85&ei=VK8lTqi9AZLUgAeW8snvBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhorizontal%2Baxis%2Bwind%2Bturbine%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D1599%26bih%3D789%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1082&vpy=443&dur=1719&hovh=112&hovw=85&tx=64&ty=52&page=1&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:23,s:0&biw=1599&bih=789 http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.suite101.com/821112_com_quietrev01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.suite101.com/view_image_articles.cfm/821114&usg=__koSp_1IqWb05hsrk2wPAS7iE1Dg=&h=818&w=567&sz=426&hl=en&start=39&zoom=1&tbnid=2fisqsurIc-eNM:&tbnh=180&tbnw=122&ei=PK4lTtr6FcmBgAeLnbHvBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvertical%2Baxis%2Bwind%2Bturbine%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1599%26bih%3D789%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=988&vpy=444&dur=96&hovh=270&hovw=187&tx=70&ty=195&page=2&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:39&biw=1599&bih=789

  6. 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

  7. Constraints • Size of parts they have to fit into a box of limited size • Weightwhatever 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

  8. Current design Haiti Challenge

  9. 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

  10. SAP Computer Modeling

  11. Examples of Stress on a SAP Model

  12. SAP Models Material

  13. SAP Model

  14. What I was modeling http://www.alumatower.com/new/gallery/index.php?action=showGallery&galleryid=14

  15. Deformed Shape

  16. 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

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