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MECH-627 Assignment 6

Spring 2017

This is an open-ended preliminary design problem. You will need to make many reasonable assumptions. You can take this as far as you wish. Your grade will be based on your effort and can be more than 100.

Problem Statement

Design a power system to provide grid-free electricity, heat, air conditioning and oxygen for a 20,000 square-foot, industrial fish farm. The following parameters are given:

Farm location: near Phoenix, Arizona

Type of fish raised: Nile Tilapia

Production: 600,000 lb/year

Size of tank(s): 60,000 gallons each

Backup generator available: 0.5 MW Diesel

Consider utilizing a combination of PV panels, a wind turbine and batteries and/or ultra-capacitors for energy storage.

Your solution should include a system description, major energy-component specifications as well as an estimated system cost including the cost of installation, operation and maintenance.