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: [email protected] Major: Computer Science Role: Programmer/Research

Syed Zaidi

Email: [email protected] Major: Computer Science Role: Programmer/Documentation

Darshan Chipade

Email: [email protected]: Computer Information SystemRole: Programmer/Research/Webmaster

Mohammed Gooni

Email: [email protected]: Computer Science Role: Programmer/Research/Testing

Team Information


Dr. Kwok-Bun YueProfessor, Computer Science and Computer Information Systems Chair, Division of Computing and Mathematics University of Houston-Clear LakeEmail: [email protected]

Dr. Michel IzygonCo-Founder, Senior Vice Preident,CTO, Tietronix Software Inc.Email: [email protected]

Instructor/Mentors Information

Peter ArmstrongTietronix Software Inc.Email: [email protected]

Claus NilssonTietronix Software Inc.Email: [email protected]

Insiya IftiqharTietronix Software Inc.Email: [email protected]


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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.


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.

Marketing Purpose.6Visualization iPhone Fall 2009

Heliostat

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


Shading

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


Blocking

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


Requirement Specification

Hardware iPhone/iPOD Touch Apple Macintosh

Software iPhone SDK Unity Indie 3D Game Engine


Current Progress


Implementation Task

Specifications from user.

Compute sun and heliostat position.

Formation of the field in a grid view.

Display a single cell.


User Input


Grid Layout


Cell View


Demonstration


Milestones To Be Achieved

Blocking & Shading Calculation

Dynamic Field View

Deployment on iPhone/iPOD Touch

Testing, Validation and Verification


Project Timeline


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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