Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Meeting in the design factory

We held our meeting in the design factory of Aalto University on 16.03.2010. Both of our mentors, Peter and Eva, and all the team members except Madjid have participated in the meeting. The main agenda of the gathering focuses on how the physical structure of our solar concentrator and its application look like. We mainly discuss the following three points in detail some:

1. Main frame: after a heated discussion, we decided on what features should our main frame has and made from. Even if we singled out certain materials to use to build our main frame we still don't rule out any other possible alternatives.

2. Panels: we decided to build 25 panels that rest on the main frame. We discussed on the adjusting mechanisms of the panels to maintain the system efficiency. We also decided on the potential material that we could use to construct the panels but again we don't rule out possible alternatives.

3. Application: We discussed on the design and construction of the application. This task was originally assigned to Madjid. Because of his apparent disappearance, the team decided to divide the task between Edward and Tewodros.We decided that the on-paper design should be completed by 19.03.2010 so that we could order materials needed for constructing the application.

Concerning the solar concentrator, we decided to start by building the grid first.

1 comment:

  1. Yes, Well my training is over so I can do my part. We decided today to get material on Thursday Mar 25, 2010. Will move from school at 1600 hrs. If someone has already done something on the application part, please send me so that I can continue from there.

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