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Green Telecommunication Solutions

Green Telecommunication Solutions . No Grid Base Transceiver Station Team 6 Blaze Feury , Brady Ripka , Chris DePowell , Colin McKay . Problem. Design a viable No Grid Base Transceiver Station powered by alternative energy sources. Location. Marsabit , Kenya Lat: 2 o N

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Green Telecommunication Solutions

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  1. Green Telecommunication Solutions No Grid Base Transceiver Station Team 6 Blaze Feury, Brady Ripka, Chris DePowell, Colin McKay

  2. Problem Design a viable No Grid Base Transceiver Station powered by alternative energy sources

  3. Location Marsabit, Kenya Lat: 2o N Long: 38o E Population: 15,000

  4. The Republic of Kenya • Population: 40 Million • Area: 58 Thousand Square Kilometers • Rate of Urbanization: 4% per year • Telephones (main lines): 6.5 Hundred Thousand • Cell Phones: 19 Million • Internet Users: 3.36 Million

  5. Social and Political Situations • Service based economy (like US) • Home to a quarter million refugees • Illegal drug trafficking route • 50% Live below poverty level • 40% unemployment • 98% below age 65

  6. Weather • Record High: 45 c (113 F) • Record Low: 15 c (60 F) • Average Wind Speed: 9 m/s • Average Solar Heat Flux per day: 5000 J/m2 • Average Rainfall: 7 inches/year

  7. Customer Needs Analysis

  8. Needs Metrics

  9. Design Process

  10. Energy Selections

  11. Energy Concept Screening

  12. Concept Scoring

  13. Qualitative Energy Solutions • Solar doesn't provide power at night • Sometimes there is no wind • Both can be used simultaneously to ensure there is almost constant “green” power production DECISION: Employ both green technologies

  14. Data Selection/Reduction

  15. Quantitative Energy Solutions • 1x (Skystream 3.7 Turbine) • 15x (205 W polycrystalline GEGEPVp-205-M) • 1x (Durathon A3 Battery)

  16. Software When no power is provided by green source • Use Battery for tower • When Battery drops below 5% • Switch to Gen-set

  17. Prototype Ideas

  18. Final Design

  19. Bill of Materials

  20. Payback

  21. Social/Economic Impact • Increased communication makes it easier to provide aid and support for refugees • More reliable communication leads to stronger economy • More connectivity aids the local education systems in teaching future generations • Easier to consult with doctors, may raise life expectancy

  22. Assumptions • The coming years will have similar weather patterns compared to previous years • Operating cost of hut will run at about $5000 a year • Cell Tower will provide around $70000 a year after operating expenses are deducted. • There will be no attempts to destroy the tower, it will not be hardened to withstand explosions or gunfire.

  23. Works Cited

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