Steel Energy

The GREENEST steel you’ll ever see.

Team Hot Sauce

Ben GastineauZach WiegerHunter CulbertsonEric Spraggins

The Steel Mill

Windmill & Generator•PVC casing•All thread•Steel Rod•30ga. Magnet Wire•Neodymium magnets•Plexiglass•Duct Tape

Cost of Production

•PVC – Zach’s house•Plexiglass – Zach’s house•Prop – Ben’s dorm•Duct Tape – Friend’s•L.E.D’s – Friend’s•Mag. Wire - $15•All thread - $3•Steel rod - $3•Nuts/Lock nuts - $2•Magnents - $16

Total Cost

TC ≈ $38

Electrical and Mechanical Aspects

Electrical Mechanical

•Magnets spining create an electrical current through magnetic field

•The current then lights a small L.E.D

•Wind turns the prop

•The prop turns the rod and magnets inside the generator

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Design Issues

•Finding Materials

•Producing enough energy

•Mounting generator in PVC

•Tolerance to spin in steel rod

•Positioning magnets

Conclusions

•Successfully lit 2 L.E.D’s

•An estimated efficiency of 6.11%

•Learned how to produce electricity through a magnetic field

•We carefully picked materials, and did research to be productive.