Conversion of Energy

1. To-Dos

1.1. Research energy Sources

1.1.1. Solar Energy Principles

1.1.2. Kinetic and mechanical energy

1.1.3. Hydro energy fundamentals

1.2. Measure Voltage/Current from each setup

1.3. Gather components

1.3.1. Solar Panel

1.3.2. Formation of a steady ramp that allows the movement of a ball

1.3.3. Creation of water wheel for hydro energy

2. Team Members

2.1. Yahia Hany

2.2. Omar Mahmoud

2.3. Mohamed El Naggar

2.4. Youssef Sayed

2.5. Antonious Khalil

3. Ideas

3.1. Implementation of different renewable energy types

3.1.1. Solar

3.1.2. Electromechanical and Kinetic

3.1.3. Hydro

3.2. Identification of energy loss

3.2.1. Conversion losses (e.g., solar to elictrical)

3.2.2. Heat Loss

3.2.3. Mechanical friction

3.2.4. Inefficiency of solar panel

3.3. Energy storage & backup

3.3.1. AA batteries

4. Questions

4.1. How are we going to measure voltage/current throughout the circuit?

4.2. What are the materials used?

4.3. What is the function of the water wheel?