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This week we completed the modeling for the electrolyzer and hydrogen storage tank. Now we must model the fuel cell to determine how much electricity can be sent to the data center from the fuel cell. Once we complete the fuel cell model, we will be able to model the entire system. Our fuel cell cooling team has completed a …
Our MATLAB team has been working away at creating a model that allows us to find the payback period for a fully solar model. We have also been researching how fuel cells work so that we can properly model the fuel cell component of the system. Fuel cells are complicated and only one of our teammates has taken the fuel …
During Week 8, we took apart some of the exhaust system of the fuel cell to troubleshoot why this portion of the cooling system does not work. After electrically testing the exhaust fan, we found that the fan works but the potentiometer does not work. We have designed a solar panel array structure and are awaiting confirmation with our advisor …
On Sunday, October 18th, the Epsilon team held a track day in order to test Electra’s primary systems. Electra’s brakes were tested to observe weight transfer under use, and the powertrain was given a thorough workup: the motor controller current output was tested under different temperature conditions to measure for response differences while stressed, the rolling resistance of the motors …
We successfully submitted our UROP proposal in hopes of obtaining funding for our project. Due to a roadblock in our project, we needed to meet with our professional engineer for some consulting on the project. Mr. Hack, our mechanical professional engineer, had a meeting with us on 11/4/2015, to discuss where the solar panels will be placed, recommendations on our …
This past week my team chose a new name. It went from “Smart Toys” to “IoToys” which stands for Internet of Toys. The name basically encapsulates the purpose behind undergoing this project where we want to create a toy that bridges the digital and physical worlds that a young kid can interact with and learn. Right now, we have come …
Progress in the Exosuit is continuing the be made despite having midterms and reports due Weeks 5 and 6. We met with Professor Reinkensmeyer in order to touch base with our project and update him on our progress. We completed our UROP proposal and submitted it for approval. Having already completed our finalized budget previously, we learned how to fill …
Being showcased this week is the Design team of the Rocket Engine Development (RED) senior design project at UCI. While others are having fun on Friday nights, these great students meet up and spend the rest of the night talking about the wonders of rocket engine design. This quarter, the goal of RED is to create and finalize the design …
Rocket Engine Development has been showing significant progress at the halfway point of fall quarter. The goal at this stage in the project was to have a working computer engineered model that would have all the correct values to represent a working hybrid rocket engine. At this point we have achieved this goal. The design team has a final nozzle …
This week was all about overcoming major design problems and finalizing decisions. Our group had been told to set up our solar array in one location, while our fuel cell was on the opposite end of the building. One of our team members showed that the low voltage, high amperage DC current we were planning on using would suffer massive …
