Haiti Wind Project (Summer 2011)By Kacie O’Neil

Introduction Energy Grand Challenges Professor Catherine Peters (CEE) was

the advisor Internship focused on Sustainable

Energy and easy deployment I focused mainly on structural analysis

Initial Challenge Generate a large amount of power (kW) Parts had to fit into a standard shipping

container Easily deployable wind generator

Background Standard Shipping container holds:

Easily deployable wind turbine Solar panels to supplement wind turbine Easily deployable and possibly

telescoping tower to hold turbine Turbine equipment including generator,

battery, etc. Originally intended for cases such as

disaster relief (Haiti)

How the project has changed

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Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Horizontal Axis Turbine

Goals for Internship Main Goal: build/design a prototype

Half scale model For a competition in April Looking for commercially made parts

This included: Finding a turbine Choosing a battery Finding a mast system that can fit in the

“shipping container” (half size model) Figuring out how to ship the prototype

Constraints Size of parts they have to fit into a box of

limited size Weightwhatever goes up in the air must

be supported on the ground Deployment needs to be set up/put up by

humans (no machines) Construction must be able to be packed

up and shipped elsewhere Cost we currently have a very limited

budget

Current designHaiti Challenge

Current Design Combines wind and solar power The purpose of the solar is make the

power generation more constant Intentions: provide energy and possibly

a source of income to pay for repair costs

SAPComputer Modeling

Examples of Stress on a SAP Model

SAP Models Material

SAP Model

What I was modeling

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Deformed Shape

Conclusion Prototype was planned but not built (no

space during the summer) Learned a lot about structural analysis Gained valuable experience working on

a research project learning about how to revise plans to make them better