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SolarFocus: A Solar Tracking and Reflecting System
dc.contributor.authorCaruso, Katie
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorKoehn, Justin
dc.contributor.authorMaynard, Kelley
dc.contributor.advisorSkerlos, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-26T03:46:33Z
dc.date.available2009-05-26T03:46:33Z
dc.date.issued2009-04
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/62477
dc.descriptionFinal report and team photo for Project 25 of ME450, Winter 2009 semester.en
dc.description.abstractThis project aims to develop a simple, scalable, and low-cost motorized mirror system for the G.G. Brown building renovations at the University of Michigan. The mirrors will be directed by a light-sensing control system to track and reflect solar energy. The sunlight will be reflected into the North-facing windows of G.G. Brown – windows that do not normally receive direct sunlight. Each square meter of mirror can provide up to 1000 watts of energy, thereby displacing the equivalent fossil fuel usage and emissions. After piloting this technology in new G.G. Brown building, it can be generalized to residential and commercial applications.en
dc.description.sponsorshipPeter Woolf (Chemical Engineering, U of M)en
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dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.subjectME450en
dc.subjectW09en
dc.subjectSolaren
dc.subjectHeatingen
dc.subjectLightingen
dc.titleSolarFocus: A Solar Tracking and Reflecting Systemen
dc.typeProjecten
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelMechanical Engineering
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelEngineering
dc.contributor.affiliationumStudentsen
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arbor
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62477/2/ME450 Winter2009 Team Photo - Project 25 - Solar Tracking and Reflecting System.jpg
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62477/1/ME450 Winter2009 Final Report - Project 25 - Solar Tracking and Reflecting System.pdf
dc.owningcollnameMechanical Engineering, Department of


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