Department of Marine and Environmental Systems,
Renewable
Energy Course
General Energy
Employment
Events Hydro:
Waterwheel
Solar Solar
Electric System Design
Wind
Miscellaneous
Music Music
Therapy
Band Organ Concept
Band Organ Concept Slides Band
Organ Details
Band Organ Rallies
Green Campus Group
Presentation on "Renewable Energy with a Florida Focus" "Future of Energy" Presentation, 9/2008, "Renewable Energy and Florida Tech"
University General Energy and RE Courses, etc. Energy Research at Florida Tech
Sustainability
Student
Project: "Improving Campus Sustainability at Florida Tech"
Florida Renewable Energy
Association
Solar Music
Fairs, General
Solar Music Fair at Florida Tech!
General information and background on renewable energy, energy in general, and other miscellaneous topics such as geodesy, lightning, and weather.
(Observe the leading icons throughout: construction sign, don't click; red ball, link works to page but no content; yellow ball, content started; green ball, fairly good condition; blue ball, final form.)
Check "What's New"
at the website log.
Check "What's Happening"
with the Florida Tech Renewable Energy blog.
See
RE
project plans and status.
A few recent major updates are below:
Concept
of an Amphitheater for Florida Tech; Direct to the PowerPoint
presentation. It now is
complete and called the "Pantherium"! Many concerts and other events
have been held here. Thank you to Mr. John
Stack for funding the construction.
Florida Tech can strive for a greener or more
sustainable campus by
emulating some other universities.
Started a page on solar concentrators
here.
See a proposed solar concentrator in PowerPoint
here or in
html here. This
concentrator would be converted from an existing C-Band satellite antenna reflector.
Electric boat races as an ocean
engineering student project in PowerPoint.
This Hurricane Jeanne windspeed plot
shows one-minute sustained speeds. I had moved the anemometer from the turbine
mast to the tower on the Friday before the
storm struck. The anemometer stays on the tower while the wind turbine may be
lowered. Normally, the wind speed is what is striking the wind turbine.
The Botanical Gardens
waterwheel has been installed to demonstrate hydropower at a small scale for university students
and as an outreach to local elementary and high school students. See the
PowerPoint slide presentation.
(The original concept is
here.)
Here's a
teachers' guide for using the waterwheel as a field trip experiment.
"Toot", the electric boat, which
usually is charged with solar power
I designed the Wind/Solar Energy and Meteorological Field Station, FS-1, to capture
indications of available renewable energy and associated weather data.
The system records data in a Campbell Scientific, Inc. datalogger for analysis and realtime display. The system is also designed to present a renewable energy show at local schools or public events.
The small TV is showing a DVD on wind energy in this photo. A laptop computer provides slideshow capability and midi music. Equipment is moved into the trailer as required to support various tasks.
The sound system can produce 340 watts peak power for support of solar-powered musical events. This system was deconstructed to rebuild the wooden case and its future is uncertain.
Renewable Energy
(General)
A
Quick
Introduction to Renewable Energy (perhaps 30 minutes; .ppt)
Conservation and Efficiency
(General)
This link leads to Renewable Energy pages not directly involving my course (see below)
ENS4300 Renewable Energy Course, ~Spring 2011 at Florida Tech;
The course material will be updated for Spring 2011.
This page was modified for the Spring 2004 semester for use with a different text by Godfrey Boyle, Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future. The 1996 (rather different) edition is now out of print but still available from Internet stores. The new second edition has been used since the Spring Semester of 2005.
This is a major content area for students, instructors, and renewable energy advocates with presentations on many energy topics. I've made this area generally available to the public for teachers to use, crediting me. The course, of course, consists of much classroom interaction, quizzes, exams, guest speakers, etc., and thus goes well beyond these presentations. I retain all copyrights.
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Solar
Energy This basic presentation introduces solar
energy and its applications
The Link
Building PV Project by the
2003 Renewable Energy class (ENS4300) students proposed
a 3000 watt photovoltaic array interconnected to the utility grid for energy
savings, but primarily for an educational outreach to elementary and high school
students (PowerPoint
version). This cost of modifying the
flat Link roof exceeded the cost of the system, and the FSEC grant of $25,000 was
regretfully declined. Fortunately,
Dr. Sharaf-Eldeen was able to get the grant for the Olin Engineering Center;
see below . . .
The 2004
Olin Engineering Center PV
Project by Dr. Sharaf-Eldeen
of Mechanical Engineering
installed a 4800 watt photovoltaic array interconnected to the building
utility power system. There will be energy savings, but it will be primarily an
educational outreach to students.
Hydropower An introduction from the course
A demonstration water
wheel project was installed June 3, 2004 in the Florida Tech Botanical Gardens
It now generates limited electricity for a demonstration sign with an interactive display. This is a difficult location with greatly fluctuating water flow.
Wave and
Tidal Energy An introduction
to the subject
Conventional
Fuels, Resources, and Prices
Hydrogen, an energy carrier, not a source (incomplete).
There are no hydrogen wells!
Student Presentation: Ms. Heather Sommers, "Algae
Cultures to Biofuels", 4/2007. This excellent presentation discusses the use
of microalgae as a CO2 absorber with biofuel production.
Energy Events -- Featuring Renewable or Sustainable
Energy Fairs &
Florida Energy
Fairs. These are primarily renewable energy
fairs, expos, etc., but may include some "Green" living fairs if there is a
significant
energy-related component.
The Green Campus Group held the
First Annual Solar Music Fair on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, 2005 at Florida
Tech! This also used wind power. (map)
The Second Annual Florida Solar Music Fair was held in April, 2006.
The Third Annual Florida Solar Music Fair was held, Sunday, April 15, 2007 at Florida Tech! Unfortunately, heavy rain caused the fair to be moved inside Clemente Center, and solar power wasn't used. There were about four bands.
Florida Tech
Local Energy-Related Events
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The Department of Marine and Environmental Systems at Florida TechKinetic Wind Art Large art sculptures driven by the wind
Some details of the band organ project so far.
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Changes on this webpage (Sometimes called "New")
Are you interested in renewable energy? Contact fleslie@fit.edu for more information.
Every year, I find a
whole lot more things
that I realize I didn't know last year.
This proves that my ignorance grows with time!
Frank Leslie, 2004
(There may be some of my presentation information still at www.duedall.fit.edu/fleslie that has not yet been transferred to my.fit.edu/~fleslie. Thanks to Dr. Duedall for hosting my original webpage on his server.)
my.fit.edu/~fleslie/index.htm started 020128;
updated 111116 (yymmdd) by FRL; a
lower page updated 111116 or later.
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