The Photovoltaic Water Heating System
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You are designing a photovoltaic water heating system Photovoltaic panel: the Kyocera KC50T (here) External power only allowed for programming components (e.g. laptop); any programs must run automatically upon startup Water tank must hold 3.0 L of water; must have a small hole (here) After assembly the prototype must be 1m x 1m x 1m |
The system to be designed was a photovoltaic water heating system. As such, all power input to the system will, ultimately, come from the sun mainly through the use of a photovoltaic panel. The photovoltaic panel around which the prototype was to be designed was the Kyocera KC50T, and its specifications can be found here.
The only exception regarding the input the system is if the design implemented a computer program, in which case a laptop computer or other component was required to run it. In such a case, the laptop (or other component) may be powered by a wall outlet. The computer program must also run automatically upon startup.
The water to be heated was simply, just London tap water, and was provided on competition day. All prototypes must have a water tank capable of holding 3.0L of water. For the purposes of recording data, the water tanks contained holes in which thermocouples were inserted. The specifications of this hole can be found here.
All components of the finished product must fit in a 1m x 1m x 1m box after assembly.
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