WaterPod Pico in a Bucket
Abstract
The Waterpod is an upcoming art project/exhibition on sustainable living and conservation. For the exhibition artists will be living on a barge on the Hudson River in a manner that embodies "self-sufficiency and resourcefulness, learning and curiosity, human expression and creative exploration." (quote taken from thewaterpod.org.) To achieve this feat the Waterpod contacted Humboldt State's Intro to Design class to help design systems that would sustain the artists on the barge for six months. P.I.E. through Design, a team created for Cal Poly Humboldt's Intro to Design class, selected the task to create a pico-hydro system as an exhibit on the barge. The Pico-In-A-Bucket is the result of this assignment. The Pico-In-A-Bucket consists of a 5 gallon bucket encasing a turbine and a permanent magnet motor. The system will harness the kinetic energy of the falling water from the overflow of the Waterpod's water tower.
Date
Spring 2009
Department
School of Engineering
Concentration/Emphasis
ENGR 215 — Introduction to Design
Advisor/Professor
Lonny Grafman
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