As climate change’s impact on our environment worsens, we must counter these changes in the most effective ways possible. Project 1 aims to do so through implementing renewable energy technology: strong and efficient blades for wind turbines. In order to do this, our team had to achieve the following objectives:
<aside> 🍃 Our scenario: Design blades for roof-top, commercial wind turbines. They are to be used in Calgary to take advantage of high wind speeds and effectively lower household energy costs of the residents.
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Roof-top wind turbines
Cross-section of the blade we will be designing
✅ Teamwork and cooperation
✅ Time management
✅ Organization and planning
✅ CAD simulations in Autodesk Inventor
✅ Report writing
✅ GRANTA
The first step to designing a turbine was to map out the functions, objectives and constraints of the design in our specific scenarios. Each teammate created a general objective tree for each scenario, in order to see the big picture. Mine is pictured below.
From this point, a final objective tree was created as a group, in which we categorized the importance of every aspect of the wind turbine blade. From there, we had decided which to prioritize in respect to our given scenario.
<aside> ⚖️ Mass - Kg
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<aside> ⚙️ Efficiency - Kph
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<aside> 💵 Cost - CAD
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