User:Jbryant6702/Project 3

Project Preferences
1.   Wind Turbine 2.   Wind Turbine 3.   Shaker Table

Problem Statement
''In one or two sentences, describe the project that your group will be working on. Identify what CDIO phase (Conceive, Design, Implement, or Operate) your group will complete in this project cycle.''

Project Plan
Briefly describe your group's plan for the next 4 weeks, including major tasks that will be completed each week.

Week 1 Narrative
''Describe in detail what you did for your team during the week (and weekend). Compare your task (from CDIO discuss page) with what you actually did.''

Week 2 Narrative
This week was a more complicated than expected. We first wanted to fix the display screen so that we wouldn't have to use a computer screen to display our data. To do this we needed to do a couple of things. The first thing was to fix the program. We reviewed the program multiple times and we realized that it didn't display any errors. We then tried to fix the wiring to see if that was the problem that. Also, we realized that the screen was actually broken. We found another screen however, we need to figure out how it works. We need to rewire the entire display and solder on different pins so that we can wire to correctly.

Week 3 Narrative
This week was tricky for us. One of the major events that happened for us was the presentation. We presented in the seminar so we had to put together a display and a power point to show to everyone. Another task that we accomplished was fixing the code to the LCD screen. We changed some of the variables so that the pins would match up. We had to solder on some pins so that the wires could fit. Here is the new code

We also had to rewire the bread board. We had to change these around because after soldering on the pins we had new numbers. Here is the new soldering job that we did with the new display screen. And also the new wiring. The s

However, the screen just shows random numbers. It seems to be communicating to us in another language. The other problem is within the board. It might have some technical issues within the board.

Week 4 Narrative
This week we worked on the display screen. The wiring was tricky so we had to get it perfect. What we figured out was that one of the resisters was with another component in the circuit board. If we didn't touch the circuit board then the display screen would just go haywire. If we held down everything in place the screen would then work and come to life. However, it would always display .06 watts when the turbine wasn't spinning rather then 0 watts.

Then after that I tested the shroud. We found out that it was the most efficient of shroud to use. It sucked the air in causing the fan to spin more effectively.

We tested this shroud longer then all the others because we wanted to see when the power dropped off or how far it can go without producing any power. We then compiled all the data that with the shrouds that we have tested. I calculated the percentage increases that each shroud had. I also then use a modified version of the Wolfgram equation to show how much power is being produced at any given time.