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GE Cell Phone Tower

Team Seven: Fanny Wu Sam deVries Bharadwaj Mathukumilli Chris Cioffi Sponsored by GE. GE Cell Phone Tower. Problem Statement. Third world nations often lack a reliable grid where the majority of the population is living under the poverty line.

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GE Cell Phone Tower

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  1. Team Seven: Fanny Wu Sam deVries BharadwajMathukumilli Chris Cioffi Sponsored by GE GE Cell Phone Tower

  2. Problem Statement • Third world nations often lack a reliable grid where the majority of the population is living under the poverty line. • Hence, we need to find a design that will create a self-sustaining operating system for a cell phone tower to be placed in a location with unreliable access to the mobile network.

  3. Our Mission: • Our mission is to design a sustainable energy system for a region without access to the grid which will provide reliable power to a cell phone tower that operates with minimal costs and maximum profit.

  4. Southeast Kenya • Economy: • Finance • Investment • Tourism • Agriculture flat landscape • Politics: • Very politically stable compared to other African nations • Mombasa’s Landscape • Flat • Very little rain • Rarely Windy • Sunlight • Customers • Potential network of 326,080 mobile subscribers • Phone Service Providers: • Zain and Safaricom

  5. Wind Power • Propeller generates power from wind • Effective over time, but not consistent from day to day due to fluctuating wind speeds in Kenya.

  6. Hydroelectric Power • Propeller is placed underwater in a river to generate electricity reliably and consistently. • Disadvantage: not many rivers in Tanzania, so not very practical.

  7. Diesel Power • A reliable source of energy, but uses fuel to run it which is not a renewable resource.

  8. Solar Power • Solar panels generate enough power to run the station and store extra energy into a battery for use at night or on overcast days.

  9. Design Matrix

  10. Selection Matrix

  11. Our Selection: • Power the tower primarily with solar energy. • Store extra solar power in battery. • Use a diesel generator as a back-up.

  12. Our Design:

  13. Hut Design

  14. Cost Analysis

  15. Cash Flow Diagram

  16. System Features • Main Hut: • Cinder block walls • Wooden framed roof • Six 5’ by 4’ solar panels on roof • GE’s Durathon battery • Base Transmitter system • Air conditioning • Lighting system • Cell Phone Tower: • Guyed tower

  17. Team Seven would like to thank GE for sponsoring this cell phone tower design project.

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