Link Building PV project
By:
Culver Matt
Labaume Natasha
Narnio Guillaume
Roux Arnaud
Stanton Andrew
Thompson Matt
Troyano Joana
ENS 4300-5300Renewable Energy
Energy and the Link Building
By: Andrew Stanton Natasha Labaume
Link Building
3 stories About 456 lights Approximately 54 computers Air conditioning set at 72-74oF
Energy Draw
Copy machine on from 8 to 5=190w Copy machine copying=900w Lights are 40w and 32w Computers in 1st floor lab: monitors draw 55w,
and the CPU draw 42w New computers draw: 87-107w with monitor New monitors draw 3w FPL charges $0.08/kwh Difference between old and new monitors is
52w
Solution 1
Shutdown all computers at night and on weekends– this would save the school about $1000/year
Solution 2
The second and better solution would be for the computers that have old monitors to be replaced by new ones.– This would increase the savings to $2800/year– Buying 20 new monitors would cost about $6000,
payback time would be just under 2.5 years
Solar energy resource and weather:
By:
Guillaume Narnio
Matt Thompson
Resources
Data from FSEC Office Building Downloadable Database
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Five Years of Data Saved as Text File Imported into Microsoft Excel©
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Average of 5 years of Average Total Normal Radiation from FSEC Office Building
*in w/m^2Avg. Total Norm. Rad.
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Average:01-janv 317,36 324,12 305,14 245,76 238,87 286,2501-févr 203,31 280,24 277,78 280,67 246,61 257,722
01-mars 282,01 304,97 347,12 283,33 283,88 300,26201-avr 357,94 361,03 327,17 265,5 335,03 329,334
01-mai 363,62 374,03 393,89 364,36 340,3 367,2401-juin 351,15 390,74 354,79 368,96 366,4101-juil 279,11 341,99 319,68 233,71 293,6225
01-août 349,23 305,76 283,63 149,78 272,101-sept 265,31 316,7 324,29 295,9 258,82 292,20401-oct 219,84 236,24 277,7 223,77 276,75 246,8601-nov 286,24 253,02 298,42 240,65 299,1 275,48601-déc 261,73 287,35 288,13 239,03 278,99 271,046
Note: All averages represent 10, 6-minute averages for each hour, Average: 296,544708324 hourly averages for each day, averaged over number of days for corresponding month.
Trends
Melbourne, Florida has approximately 5.4 hours of usable sunlight per day– Number greatest in April, May, June– Number lowest in November, December, January
Average daily total normal radiation is approximately 296.5 w/m2
– Number highest in April, May, June– Number lowest in November, December, January– Note: Average is over 24 hours a day, for 365 days
Solar System efficiency
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Proposed solar system
By Arnaud Roux
Characteristics
3KW array 12 or 24v Dc converted to 110v AC Grid inter-connected Battery storage – optional Data logging capacity
Costs
Generally $8 to $10 per watt installed Rebate of $5 per watt installed Generate electricity that can sold back to FPL
net-metering $0.08 per watt
Maintenance
Funding and financing
By Matt Culver
Funding: Options Explored
Florida Solar Energy Center
FIT Foundation Relations
Internet
Funding Possibilities
Florida Solar Energy Center
FIT Foundation Relations Heineman Foundation Darden Restaurants Target Stores The Rayonier Foundation
INTERNET U.S. Department of Energy Department of Housing and
Urban Development Florida Community
Development Organization Florida Energy Office Florida Power and Light Database for State Incentives
for Renewable Energy others
Funding: Conclusions
Prioritize Funding
Start Early (application periods can be long)
Schedule Project Accordingly
Educational goal
By Joana Troyano
Education and Renewable Energy
The rapidly growing Renewable Energy industry (i.e. Photovoltaic, Solar Energy, etc.) is creating a shortage of appropriately trained engineers.
International studies predict the creation of more than a million jobs in the PV industry alone by 2020.
Florida Tech is now getting involved with the creation of a Renewable Energy and Meteorological Field Station.
Why should it be implemented?
It would be an important step in bringing the school closer to the increasingly important alternative energy sources such as solar and wind.
It will increase international interest on Florida Tech as a technological institute that provides research facilities on Renewable Energy for student and faculty.
It will take advantage of the potential of Florida solar radiation as a RE source.
Benefits
Because of climate and topography, solar energy is a viable source of RE energy in Florida.
Taking advantage of this fact, it would be important to play a role in the increasing RE industry.
In the future, the school could increase the size of the field station and widen its cooperation with companies in the sector.
Conclusions
Short term savings aspects are more appropriate for the Link Building
Long term benefits:
- Educational tool
- Valuable asset
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