simplified solar power plant visualization for iphone

Simplified Solar Power Plant Visualization For iPhone

Capstone Team#5Fall 2009

Table of Contents

Topic Slide NumberTeam information ………………………………………………3Instructor/Mentors Information ………………………………………………4Company Information ………………………………………………5Introduction to Solar Power Plant ………………………………………………6Solar Power Plant Features ………………………………………………7Requirement Specification ……………………………………………..10Current Progress ……………………………………………..11Demonstration ……………………………………………..16Road Ahead ……………………………………………..17Project Timeline ……………………………………………..19References ……………………………………………..20

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Website: http://dcm.uhcl.edu/capf09g5

Yogesh BanchhodTeam Leader

Email: ypbanchhod@gmail.com Major: Computer Science Role: Programmer/Research

Syed Zaidi

Email: syedhmz@gmail.com Major: Computer Science Role: Programmer/Documentation

Darshan Chipade

Email: dchipade@gmail.comMajor: Computer Information SystemRole: Programmer/Research/Webmaster

Mohammed Gooni

Email: mohammedgooni@gmail.comMajor: Computer Science Role: Programmer/Research/Testing

Team Information

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Dr. Kwok-Bun YueProfessor, Computer Science and Computer Information Systems Chair, Division of Computing and Mathematics University of Houston-Clear LakeEmail: yue@cl.uh.edu

Dr. Michel IzygonCo-Founder, Senior Vice Preident,CTO, Tietronix Software Inc.Email: Michel.Izygon@tietronix.com

Instructor/Mentors Information

Peter ArmstrongTietronix Software Inc.Email: peter.armstrong-1@tietronix.com

Claus NilssonTietronix Software Inc.Email: claus.nilsson@tietronix.com

Insiya IftiqharTietronix Software Inc.Email: insia.iftiqhar@tietronix.com

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Company Information Tietronix Software, Inc. was founded in 1999 by Victor W.

Tang, Michel E. Izygon, Ph.D, and Stuart S. Engelhardt, each of whom has worked on the development of some of the world’s most advanced software-based technology solutions.

Tietronix is a full-service provider of custom software applications and advanced technology solutions for the worlds most selective customers including NASA and Fortune 1000 companies.

The core of Tietronix technical capabilities consists of an unrivaled methodology incorporating Unified Modeling Language and Object-Oriented Technologies, a formula that has led to the company’s 100 percent software development success rate.

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Introduction Solar thermal power plant

generates electricity from energy of the sun.

Field consists of a tower and heliostats.

A receiver located on top of the tower.

iPhone/iPod Touch Application.

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Heliostat

The heliostat is composed of several mirror modules rather than having single large mirror.

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Shading

Shading occurs at low sun angles when heliostat casts its shadow on a heliostat located behind it.

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Blocking

Blocking can be observed in a heliostat field by noting reflected light on the backs of heliostats.

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Requirement Specification

Hardware iPhone/iPOD Touch Apple Macintosh

Software iPhone SDK Unity Indie 3D Game Engine

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Current Progress

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Implementation Task

Specifications from user.

Compute sun and heliostat position.

Formation of the field in a grid view.

Display a single cell.

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User Input

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Grid Layout

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Cell View

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Demonstration

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Milestones To Be Achieved

Blocking & Shading Calculation

Dynamic Field View

Deployment on iPhone/iPOD Touch

Testing, Validation and Verification

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Project Timeline

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References

“An Algorithm for the Shading and Blocking Computations of a Field of Heliostats Arranged in a Grid Layout”, Peter Armstrong,Tietronix Software, Inc;September 3 2009.

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