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Status |
completed |
| Title |
RAWSOLAR: A Solar- Powered Electric System |
| Supervisor |
Dr. Sheldon Williamson |
| Description |
The objective of this project is to design and build the electrical system for a boat that will be participating in the "Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race". Using exclusively solar panels a number of different loads such as: GPS tracking system, autopilot, desalinator, VHF radio, lighting system, etc. The solar array will be used to charge a battery that will insure night time operation. Maximum power will be extracted from the solar panel using a MPPT algorithm.
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| Requirement |
ELEC 331, ELEC 433, ELEC 372, ELEC 311, ELEC 390 |
| Tools |
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| Number of Students |
4 |
| Students |
Jamie Dennick, Mircea Gingu, Razvan Coman, Linda Tran |
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