Thursday, January 27, 2011

Ramah Project Meeting #1 | 1/26/11 | 6:00 - 7:40 PM

Dinner + EWB project videos - 6:00

http://www.jets.org/experience/ewb_curriculum/index.html

EWB Organization Introduction - 6:25

Personal benefits to working on our projects

Work experience!

Implementation experience

Report writing

Research

Meeting building codes and strict regulations

Design

Ramah Project Overview - 6:30

Project history

EE Senior Design Project

Lighting

Did not educate the community on upkeep and maintenance

Renewable energy - solar

One of the few local projects allowed by EWB-USA

Hoogan - pictures

Community Need - Hoogan Heating

Students

Teach students about new and green technology

Try to inspire them to pursue higher education in technical fields

Weavers Coop

Making good progress so far

Design is almost finished!

Goal: summer implementation

Need to keep good community relations

Implementation Questions

What does the community need / what can we accomplish given funds and time

Alternatives analysis

Where we are now

Design components are complete

Insulation for the roof

B&P Professional Engineer Consultants

Double checked designs and calculations

Need

What type of solar panels do we need

What kind of radiators should we get

How are we going to pay for it

Fundraising Ideas!!!

To Do List - 6:40

Education

Community

How to communicate with the community to teach them how to use and maintain the system that we are working on

Solar energy

Technology

School

Teaching the local school children about general science, water safety, green energy, technology…

Funding

Budget appx $10,000.00 (sans expected donations and donated equipment)

Possible donations

Solar panels

Radiator(s)

Need

We need to finalize the design and costs lists to make donations easier to acquire

Design Brainstorming Session - 7:00

Design overview

Diagram

Panel angle

80 deg angle

Liability issues to be considered

Pouring a concrete base for panel mounting

This system will maximize solar abilities in the winter and minimize the heat in the summer

Also in the summer the panels will be covered easily to shut down the entire system

The glycol solution cannot undergo too high of a heat or else the solution will separate and need to be evacuated and replaced

Pump station overview

Piping

Copper

More malleable

Cheaper than steel

More difficult to fit

Stainless Steel

50% more expensive than copper

Fittings

Radiators

Research options

Base board heaters

$4/ft Cheap but flimsy and Fragile

"Maxi"

Compact

Sturdy

Expensive!

Pumps

From thermal storage tank to the radiators

Controlled by the digital control system

Automated digital control system

Thermocouples at designated points on the pipe system will control the heating system

New Panel Technology - 7:37

Research

Interesting stuff!

What's Next!

#1 Design finalizations

Talk to consultants about future requirements

Meetings every Wednesday at 6pm

Education

Planning educations projects and activities

Members

We need more members to assist in our research and the work needed for the project

Anyone and everyone can lend a hand in the project we just need some of your time!

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