The purpose of this project was twofold; to develop both a rainwater and solar energy harvesting system. The goal was to provide renewable power for technologies with societal benefits. The rainwater energy harvesting system was designed to collect water in a gutter, channel it through a downspout and direct it onto an impulse turbine which was connected to a generator. The solar energy charger was designed with a 2W solar panel, a

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Creator

• Griffen, Kayleah Louise

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042518-105110

Advisor

• Savilonis, Brian James
• Mahmoud, Yousef Abdelaziz

Year

• 2018

Date created

• 2018-04-25

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Interdisciplinary

Rights statement

• In Copyright