Quarterly report for period 7/1/2009 – 9/30/2009
Completed activities & accomplishments:
• Refined team process and roles
• Completed team building activities
• Created communication grid with master contact list
• Wrote preliminary scope of work document
• Finalized student design teams
• Finalized project plan
• Began developing educational content for kiosk
• Held consistent project team meetings
• Received Net Metering License from American Electric Power
• Documented and published progress via the project’s information tracking
website (www.fplsolar.org)
Projected activities for the next period:
1. Major review process of project plan
a. Faculty design review
b. Project team design review
c. Public design review
2. Continue documenting and publishing progress
3. Inverter Selection and Configuration –
a. Three-Phase 480Volt versus Single-Phase 240 Volt
4. PV Panel Selection (type, vendor, etc.)
a. Kyocera KD 205GX-LP (501015)
b. Evergreen Solar ES-A-205-FA3B
5. PV Panel Electrical Configuration (voltage, series/parallel, disconnects, wiring,
etc., inclination angles):
a. Configuration to support the inverter and panel selections
6. PV array mounting structure (with Mechanical Engineering Department )
a. Structural mounting design underway based on component selection
7. Kiosk design (data, software)
a. Open data source from the inverter selection
8. Sensors (voltage, temperature, current, power) and data collection/analysis (kiosk
interfaces)
9. Secure appropriate permits
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