Events
Welcome back! Time to get to work. Below are the meeting times for the teams. Please contact the officers for more information.
First General Meeting
Time: Thursday, September 28 7:30pm
Location: EC326
- Overview: what is EWB? Why should you join?
Second General Meeting
Time: Wednesday, October 4 5:00pm
Location: EC304
- Our mission. Different projects available.
First Pedal Power Generator Meeting
Time: Tuesday, October 24 4:15pm
Location: EC106
- Established schedule
- Set up design team
Second Pedal Power Generator Meeting
Time: Tuesday, November 7 5:00pm
Location: EC106
- Design parameters:
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- Wide applicability: the user should be able to hook it up to a low-power appliance and be able to power it, as well as to hook it up to a battery and charge it
- Power range: 20 - 70 Watts
- Portable, lightweight
- Very durable and/or easily repairable
- Cheap. If possible, use materials that can be obtained in a wide variety of locations.
- Simple
- Original: something that can set us apart from the rest of the designs.
- For next meeting:
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- Find at least one generator. There's several things we can aim for:
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- Price
- Availability
- Flexibility of interface
- Brushless motors?
- Research on the optimum RPM and torque that a human being is able to sustain for long periods of time.
Third Pedal Power Generator Meeting
Time: Tuesday, November 14 5:00pm
Location: EC106
- Agenda:
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- Discuss different generators researched by team members.
- Select one or two generators to build on top of.
- Discuss next steps in research/design.
- For next meeting:
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- Investigate the alternator solution:
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- Efficiency at low RPMs
- Do they have a voltage regulator?
- Specs
- Check out the electronic stores:
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- Halted electronics
- Triangle machinery
- Do some internet research:
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- Papers in IEEE
- Google scholar
- Electric motor solution
Fourth Pedal Power Generator Meeting
Time: Tuesday, November 28 5:00pm
Location: EC106
