This subteam's primary goal is to design a distributed storage system for a village water supply. (Six teams from CEE 4540 Fall 2013 explored options. Background information is available) Our system will be based on Gufu Village in India. Solar-powered pumps will draw water from a well half a kilometer outside the village and pump it through a transmission line to the village, then through a three-tiered system of pipes to each house. Lengths of tubing at each house will restrict the flow rate and ensure equity, so that no house receives significantly more water than any other house. Our code sizes a PV array and optimizes pipe and tubing sizes based on equity constraints, local weather data, desired flow rate, and system cost. |