Solar team| What Is Our Carbon Footprint?
What Is Our Carbon Footprint?
Anticarbon Electricity Generator
Summary
The project is applied to solve carbon emissions problem . It Is using to convert solar energy to electrical energy by using a thermoelectric device between two containers to produce electric current due to temperature difference by using sand in the hot one due to its ability to store heat and in other one water with salt to reduce its freezing point and we modified the project by using (Remote control) to monitor the device and its data. this robot sends and receive data to the center that is responsible to watch it. the robot will depend on the device's electricity product as a resource of energy.
How We Addressed This Challenge
The challenge that we choose is to identify local resources of carbon emission and to inform decisions to adapt to the consequences of the increase in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere such as global warming. global warming is a result of increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases like CO2 in the atmosphere then these gases prevent the heat to flow from the earth to space so the heat reflects the earth again and causes an increase in its temperature. the increase of co2 concentration is a result of increasing the number of factories that depend on fossil fuels that are releasing carbon dioxide as a by-product when they are burned to obtain energy. To solve this problem, we decide to replace the pollution causing resources with clean and alternative ones so the dependent on resources like fossil fuels will decrease and the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere will decrease as well.
How We Developed This Project
we chose this challenge because we think that carbon emissions are a very huge problem that has bad effects on the climate and causes air-pollution and the human activities are the cause of these problems so we are the ones who must solve these problems as we create it .also we must keep the earth clean for the future generation because they deserve to live in a good climate and in a clean environment.
our project has advantages over the Existing projects on the ground that convert solar energy into electricity, most of them are made up of photovoltaics, but because of their high cost in addition to the cost of maintenance, some developing countries are not able to use them and in addition to that, the photovoltaic cells need the sun to produce electricity. The heat generated by the sun, by maintaining the temperature as much as possible, we can produce a lot of electricity in addition to that all projects to generate electricity from the heat of the sun are produced through energy towers that depend on the movement of water vapor in the pipes and moving the turbine, which increases the amount of energy loss
In our project, we are trying to eliminate the human factor as much as possible, and the project receives the energy directly from the sun and transfers it to the container so the loosed amount of energy is very little. we modified the project so it can mentor itself in the way of adding control of the station via the satellite to send and receive information and supervise the effectiveness of the station.
Tools
we use tools, programming languages, software, and hardware in creating our project:
programing languages: The C and C ++ language have been used to program the Arduino Hardware: The Arduino was used as a means to receive data from the station and receive information and commands from the center. The Bluetooth model was used as a satellite and as a receiver and transmitter. the use of some sensors such as the T M P 36 temperature sensor to measure the temperature and the use of ultrasonic to measure the height of the liquid in the counter
Software: we use sketch up to make the 3D design and Proteus to make a simulation of Arduino boards
But, while constructing our project we have found that the device should be mentored by someone but on the other hand, need to be placed in high sunlight intensity regions like desert lands to achieve the desired results. But these regions have a very hard climate. So the people can’t live in.so we modified our project so it can be mentored by a remote control system or a robot that can receive data from the device and send it to the center in the nearest city and we designed the robot so it can depend on the electricity from the device as a resource of energy.
How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project
We could know more about the challenge and the effects of increasing carbon in the atmosphere so we have a background about the problem and its aspects.
The Causes of Climate Change. (2020, August 18). Retrieved October 04, 2020, from https://climate.nasa.gov/causes/
We could use GES DISC that is designed to collect space-based measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide with the precision, resolution, and coverage needed to characterize the processes controlling its buildup in the atmosphere. to know the general state of the earth in co2 concentration to knew what places or regions that we should focus on or apply our project in to reduce co2 concentration.
GES DISC. (n.d.). Retrieved October 04, 2020, from https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets/OCO2_L2_Lite_FP_9r/summary?keywords=OCO-2
We use Earth App to now the day temperature in the different regions all over the world in order to determine the places that have the higher temperature or the higher intensity of sunlight to provide the appropriate temperature for our project.
Keep your eye on climate - Mobile apps. (2019, May 16). Retrieved October 04, 2020, from https://climate.nasa.gov/earth-apps/
We decided the aspect of using fossil fuels in electricity and heat production to work for as it is the aspect that has the biggest percent about 25% of global greenhouse gas emission. We added scientific facts and we could support our idea with graphs, charts and tables.
Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data. (2020, September 10). Retrieved October 04, 2020, from https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data
Project Demo
Project Code
Data & Resources
NASA's partner agencies for the Space Apps 2020 Challenge:
Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data. (2020, September 10). Retrieved October 04, 2020, from https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data
Worldview: Explore Your Dynamic Planet. (n.d.). Retrieved October 04, 2020, from https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
GES DISC. (n.d.). Retrieved October 04, 2020, from https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets/OCO2_L2_Lite_FP_9r/summary?keywords=OCO-2
The Causes of Climate Change. (2020, August 18). Retrieved October 04, 2020, from https://climate.nasa.gov/causes/
Keep your eye on climate - Mobile apps. (2019, May 16). Retrieved October 04, 2020, from https://climate.nasa.gov/earth-apps/
Research papers :
Hansen, J., Johnson, D., Lacis, A., Lebedeff, S., Lee, P., Rind, D., & Russell, G. (1981). Climate Impact of Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Science,213(4511), 957-966. doi:10.1126/science.213.4511.957
Kalogirou, S. A. (2013). Solar thermoelectric power generation in Cyprus: Selection of the best system. Renewable Energy,49, 278-281. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2012.01.014
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