CS-EE 481 1Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering Programmable Logic Solar Radiant Heating System Authors Arturo Bimrose Troy Heynderickx Jon Sakkos Advisor Dr. Lu, Dr. Doughty Industry Representatives EE: Jonathan Fant ME: Mitch Dec and Dana Troy of Glumac
CS-EE 481 2Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering Agenda Introduction Background Methods Results Conclusions Video
CS-EE 481 3Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering Introduction -Project is interdisciplinary -Troy- EE/Jon- ME/Arturo- CS -Planning since the start of last summer -Mitch Dec and Dana Troy -Dr. Lu, Dr. Doughty and Dr. O’Halloran -Professor Nuxoll
CS-EE 481 4Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering Background -Solar collector -Very efficient way to heat water -Radiant heating system -Run hot water through piping under a floor -Microcontroller (embedded system) -Small computer with limited memory - The aim of our project was to develop and integrate the above into a proof of concept residential heating system.
CS-EE Radiant Heating Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering
CS-EE Mean Radiant Temp-Average temp of all surfaces in a room. Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering
CS-EE Solar Collector Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering
CS-EE Efficiency Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering
CS-EE 481 9Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering Methods -Define Design Obtain Resources Implement Integrate
CS-EE System Diagram Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering
CS-EE Results: Mechanical Heating Zones Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering
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CS-EE Plumbing Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering
CS-EE Solar Collector Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering
CS-EE Results: Logic boolean SAFE ;;;loop through each zone floor temp reading LOOPONE IF (Floor_Temp >= 32) CLOSE VALVE SAFE = false IF (Floor_Temp < 32) SAFE = true IF NOTDONE, LOOPONE ;;;loop through each heating zone's ambient temp LOOPTWO IF(Current_Temp >= Desired_Temp) CLOSE VALVE IF((Current_Temp < Desired_Temp) and (SAFE)) OPEN VALVE IF NOTDONE, LOOPTWO ;;;solar collector monitoring IF(Water_Temp > 170) COLLECTOR PUMP OFF Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering -Control system based on: -Zone floor temps -Zone ambient temps -Circulation water temp
CS-EE Results: Control Unit Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering
CS-EE Results: Control Unit Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering
CS-EE Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering Conclusions -We have successfully implemented the system. -Further testing and modification to be done -Additional functionality: -Internal heat exchanger -Actively control flow rate for max heat transfer -Use new serial bus as opposed to I2C for better range - An overall success and great experience
CS-EE Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering Demonstration - Video
CS-EE Founder’s Day University of Portland School of Engineering Thank You. Are there any questions?