RooftopMounted Wind Turbine Team

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Rooftop-Mounted Wind Turbine Team

• Team Members
• Rachel Harris Primary Facilitator
• Jared Lippell Secondary Facilitator Conflict
  Manager
• Palak Patel Process Observer
• Jenny Yu Time Keeper
• Client
• Upmanu Lall Professor EEE
• Advisor
• Eton Kwok
• Date
• July 26,2007

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GANTT CHART
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In this presentation

• Site
• Design Solutions
• Alternatives
• Budget
• Calculations
• Materials
• Next Steps

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Site visit
SITE VISIT MUDD ROOF
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HAWTVSVAWT
Source Columbia Senior Design Project
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Final Design Proposal

• Delta I
• Power 2 kW
• MSRP3,995.00
• Sound (Noise) Pressure Level 4.5 dB (at 5ft)

• Delta II
• Rated power 10 kW
• MSRP 19,995
• Sound (Noise) Pressure Level 15 dB (at 5ft)

• Common to Both
• Self start in low winds
• VAWT
• Completely silent
• Completely stable
• Useable power in 3 mph winds
• Safe in winds up to 100 mph
• Bird friendly
• Environmentally friendly
• Maintenance Free
• Operates in all weather conditions
• Start up 3 mph
• Cut in speed 8 mph

PACWIND
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Materials Budget

• OPTION 1
• Design Technology Pacwind Delta II 19,995
• Installation 15, 000
• Support Single Base Support with strut 60

• OPTION 2
• Design Technology Pacwind Delta I 3,995 ea.
  (5)
• Installation 10, 000- 12, 000
• Support
• Double Base Support with roller hanger (3)
  484

Option 1 2 NEEDS Inverter 800-1000 2 kW
Dump Load 112.50 Charge Controller
235 Battery Bank 7000 WANTS Lightning Rod
200 TOTAL 39, 000 - 44, 000
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OVERALL..using local windspeeds

• Using Central Park wind data
• Payback Period 250 years
• Total cost 39k-44k
• Output 761 kwH per year produced
• EQUALS 76 saved per year

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Alternative Solutions

• A)
• Hawt
• B)
• JFK - highest wind speeds in this area
• C)
• Cross bridge foundation in the shape of X
• Changed by only max factor of 3
• Tower

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Transition Plans

• Build a model
• Accurate Wind Measurements- Anemometer
• Look into alternative solutions
• Not recommended in the intended location

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

• Jack McGourty, Dean of Engineering
• Dave Vallancourt, Professor EE
• Dana Vlcek, Director of Corporate and Community
  Relations
• Jose Sanchez, Lecturer in Computer Graphics and
  Animation
• Professor Upmanu Lall, EEE
• Professor Vijay Modi
• Eton Kwok
• Connie Ohi
• Pamela Bays

THE END