Week 2 - Solar Team

Week 2:

Nahom: We worked on finding the energy per pod. It took 3.68 M Joules of energy to move a pod 4.8 minutes with an average power of 12.786 kilo Watt. We also worked on side track designs. One design idea was covering the side tracks with ads or information board/screen and the other design was to use solar panels.  We learned how to design using sketchup and used JPODs sketchup design to make the side track cover.



Colin: For this second week, I began working up designs for our solar panel array and mounting system. Our goal is to bring a curved aesthetic with ease of accessibility. To do this, I created a 5x25 array in a curved design going from 10 degrees to 30 degrees. I also designed a mounting system that uses posts on one side for the PVs to slide into, so that it can be supported by just a single screw on the opposite side. This will allow for easy access and quick swapping from below if needed. I will continue to work on more designs and hopefully we can come up with a final design that we are all satisfied with.



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