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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.
Student Requirement ELEC 331, ELEC 433, ELEC 372, ELEC 311, ELEC 390
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Number of Students 4
Students Jamie Dennick, Mircea Gingu, Razvan Coman, Linda Tran
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