New Castle Design AssociatesPROJECT 99.12.ppt

TEAM 12Composite Generator Enclosure New Castle Design Associates PROJECT 99.12 Composite Generator Enclosure Team 12 Background Army needs portable generator for use in remote locations D-Star Engineering designing lightweight, high power diesel generator Team 12 to design a prototype enclosure CCM to finish development for pre-production model Customers D-Star Engineering U.S. Army New Castle Design Associates Safety Organization (NFPA) Army Soldier Home Owners Construction Industry Outdoor Entertainment RV Owners Emergency Services Wants and Constraints Will not break Thermally Stable Quiet Portable Stackable Benchmarking System Level Open Tubular Frame Westerbeke Clamshell Enclosure Honda Super Quiet Generators Fisher Panda Generators Previous UD NCDA Enclosure System Level Best Practices Years of Exposure Painted Metal Tg N/A Weight Open Frame Cost Open Frame Sound Level Enclosed Box Drop Test ? Stackable N/A Time to Access Open Frame Time to Start Electric Start Metrics and Target Values Years of Exposure 10 yrs / 3000 hrs Tg 350F / 800F Weight 25 lbs Cost $200 Sound Level 60 dB / 65 dB max Drop Test 4 ft Stackable 5 units high Time to Access 10 min Time to Start 1 min Physical Model Testing1 Sound Testing Temperature Testing Physical Model Testing2 Critical Concepts Stackable Access to interior Portable Quiet, Longevity, Cost, Will not break, Thermally stable Concepts1 Concepts2 Concept Selection Mobility Access Composite Structure Final Concept Prototype Budget Est. Engineering Shop Hours Conclusion * * Justin Schaffer Tom Winward Noel Goldstein Jeremy Freeman Members: Partner: Center for Composite Materials Advisor: Dr. Michael Keefe Mission: It is our goal to design and construct a prototype portable generator enclosure made from composite materials that successfully satisfies all the wants and constraints defined by our customers, and to have a prototype built by April 1999. Approach: We will first