Solar Cooler Team 7 Karim El-Najjar Hanfei Deng Kunjie Zhao
Problem Statement & Objective Heavy Cooler Below 25 Lbs. Ice melts Must cool 20 C below ambient temperature (without ice) Cooling time Cool longer than 6 hours Karim
Introduction Objective Design Spec. Below 25 Lbs. Lightweight components Must cool 20 C below ambient temperature (without ice) Thermoelectric cooling Cool longer than 6 hours Solar power Karim
Design - Heat Calculations time in hours Hanfei Energy in Joules
Design - Overall Kunjie
Design - Thermoelectric Cooling Pad Lighter and no moving parts. 30mmx30mm Require heatsink and fan to dissipate heat extracted. 2 cooling pads connecting in series, runs at 5V. Kunjie
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Design - Linear Voltage Regulator LM1084 Need to output 5V to power the microcontroller and thermoelectric cooler pads. Problem: Not efficient to convert 12V to 5V. Kunjie
Design - Charge Controller bq24650 Karim
Design - Temperature Sensor R1 = 5kOhms R2= 6.3kOhms I= ~0.3mA Karim
Design - Microcontroller Hanfei
Design - 7 Segment Display Hanfei LTC-4727JR
Thermoelectric Cooling Pad Results & Verification Subsystem Requirement Verification Solar Panel 18V * 1.4A = 25.2W 17.4V * 1.3A = 22.6W Charge Controller ~12V Output 40mV / 72mA Battery 11 < V < 13V 11.5V (half charged) Voltage Regulator 4.8 < V < 5.2V 4.99V Microcontroller - 7-segment Display Temperature Sensor 2.68 < V < 3.03V 2.8 < V < 3.1V Thermoelectric Cooling Pad Karim
Conclusion & Future Work Bigger Battery Rework Voltage Regulator & Charge Controller Temperature Control Karim
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