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April 10, 2004: Along the left margin, two new documents have been added. The poster displayed at Engineering Open House may be found under the Course Documents section, and a sample part order form may be found under the Part Acquisition section.
March 25, 2005: The team’s final report will be submitted to FEC officials prior to May 1st. For inclusion in this report, all cost and MTBF analyses for the individual project components must be performed by Monday, April 18th.
January 31, 2005: Two important additions have been made to the secured area of the website. Both the second FEC progress report and the downloadable demo version of Dymola® that Jonathan mentioned are available by clicking on the Team Reports link and logging in with your netid and AD password.
December 19, 2004: CONGRATULATIONS on a great semester, and good luck to our graduating seniors! The final reports for each individual group have been posted on the Team Reports page. The second progress report is due to the FEC officials on February 1, 2005, and will be developed over the semester break. Over the next few weeks, be sure to read through the final reports of each group, since we will be focused on system integration next semester and will be doing so without our members who have graduated.
December 2, 2004: Team presentations and demonstrations will be occurring over the next week. To check your assigned date, please see the Project Calendar. Final Reports for each team are due on Friday, December 10th. Reference Jonathan’s email for information regarding these end-of-semester activities. Also, check out the new FEC Illinois logo at the top left corner of this page.
November 15, 2004: With Thanksgiving Break fast approaching, please keep in mind that we will begin our team presentations on Friday, December 3rd and our team demonstrations on Thursday, December 9th. Please refer to the Project Calendar or Project Timeline if you have any questions.
November 10, 2004: Several of the Design Review documents have been posted in the Team Reports section. If you have not yet submitted your Design Review to Kris or Ed, please do so ASAP.
October 29, 2004: A new document has been added to the Course Documents at left: a paper entitled Electrical Machinery for Variable-Frequency Drives. Jonathan recommends that we all read through it. Also, the first FEC progress report was submitted to the competition officials yesterday. Please read through it to help gain an overview of the progress of each individual group. The report can be accessed in the Team Reports section. If you haven’t already, please also read the post below regarding the FEC Cost Worksheet.
October 19, 2004: Please see the added link on the left panel of this page, titled FEC Cost Worksheet. We will discuss the document in class.
October 14, 2004: Work has begun on the Progress Report to be sent to the FEC on November 1st. Also, please check out the FEC website, since there is new information about the project available. Please note: speed regulation and command must be linear 0-10V analog, referenced to the unit case based on 2V/1000 rpm. Speed regulation is ±5% (no load to full load) or ±50 rpm, whichever is greater. No testing will be performed below 150 RPM. The presentations with relevance to the FEC project from the conference included:
General Competition Information by Dr. Steve Pekarek Testing Issues by Dr. Phil Krein Industry Perspectives by Dr. Ira Pitel Industry Perspectives by Dr. Larry Rinehart Topic A Specification Review by Dr. Ali Emadi
PLEASE be sure to view the Specification Review above.
· October 7, 2004: NEW links have been added to the left bar of the webpage. These links will help you in looking for potential parts online. For part ordering, feel free to send Kris or Ed the website of your requested part and just let us know the quantity you need. PLEASE be sure to look at minimum order quantities and whether your items are in stock, since these concerns could delay or prevent your part from being ordered.
· October 6, 2004: Dustin and Alan explained that at the IAS Conference they received information about changes to the FEC specifications. Once those are received, they will be posted to the website. Thanks to Dustin and Alan for representing us well!
· September 30, 2004: The webpage has been updated and secured. Please check out other groups’ preliminary reports on the Team Reports page.
· September 28, 2004: PLEASE send revised versions of Preliminary Reports to Kris or Ed ASAP.
· September 19, 2004: NEW webpage is up! If you have anything you would like changed or added, please email Kris or Ed. |
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ENG 491: Future Energy Challenge™ |
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single-phase adjustable speed motor drive |
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The College of Engineering at the University of Illinois has established a team that will compete in the 2005 International Future Energy Challenge™. The team will compete against three other schools in developing a single-phase adjustable speed motor drive over the next two semesters. The motor drive must adhere to a list of specifications which can be found at the FEC website. |
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