Week 8

This week the new models for the turbine blades were sumitted and the whole machine was finalized. The group member reviews were submitted this week. More research was done to learn that copper may be one of the best materials for to use to an actual water turbine because it does not errode and resists sealife growth.

Week 7

After snapping off the blades on our motor we tested it with a slow drummel and a drill. We discovered that the motor produced 2.5 volts with the slow drummel. It was equivalent to spinning the blades fast by hand. Then when the drill was attached to spin it there were 6.2 volts produced.
We got our turbine from the printer. it looks very cool but is very thin and is very likely to break. We are going to make a few more with different thinkness and sizes to test.

WEEK 6!

WEEK 6!
This week was long and long and long. We need to finish research and talk about CFD. Why does it have 5 blades and why their specific angles? We talked about /considered having multiple turbine blades and vary their angles. We need to finally send things to the 3D printer to have them for our report. Because we do not have the moeny or resouces to work with the better materials we are making out of the 3D printer and researching and talking about what should be actually used for optimum results. We have a 'worm' ear to tranfer the roation vertically for our design and learned that it produces 2-4 volts from the gnereator when turned by a person and their finger. Next week we are testing the voltameter by spinnign it with a drummel.