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Fall Semester Update - Calvin College PDF

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Outline  Re-introduction of the project and team  Problem definition  Goals/ Requirements  Design Norms  Breakdown of project  Current Project Changes  Issues  Original design direction, New design direction  Feasibility  Resources  Questions HydroTower Team  Back Row(L to R): Jacqueline Kirkman(ME), Brandon Vonk(EE)  Front Row(L to R):Brian DeKock(ME), Nathan Meyer(EE), Brenton Eelkema(EE) The Problem 80% 1,500 miles Verticalfarm.com Source: CityScape Farms, San Francisco, CA Goals/ Requirements  Goal:  Low maintenance system for growing plants in homes  Requirements:  Automated nutrient distribution system  Intuitive user interface Design Norms  Transparency  Users will know what HydroTower does and how HydroTower functions  Trust  Safety and reliability for food production in residential and urban settings  Stewardship  Pertinent use of resources and energy Issues  Overview of initial design  Flood and drain  Measure nutrients in real time using electrodes  The issue  Electrodes to measure compounds do not exist without interferences Source: Figure 2: Flood and Drain System: http://www.secretgardenhydroponics.co.uk/product/Dual_flow_01-015-005 HoaglHaonda’gsl aSnodlu'tsi oSno: lNutuitorine n t(sP ilna nSto Nluutiotrnient Solution) Issue Solutions mL Stock Majors: Stock Solution Solution/1L 2M KNO3 202g/L 2.5  Alternative Solutions 2M Ca(NO3)2 x 4H2O 236g/0.5L 2.5 Iron (Sprint 138 iron chelate) 15g/L 1.5  Aeroponics 2M MgSO4 x 7H2O 493g/L 1 Spray instead of flood  1M NH4NO3 80g/L 1  Research new ways to measure Minors: 1 L nutrients in real-time H3BO3 2.86g/L MnCl2 x 4H2O 1.81g/L ZnSO4 x 7H2O 0.22g/L CuSO4 0.051g/L H3MoO4 x H2O or 0.09g/L Na2MoO4 x 2H2O 0.12g/L 1M KH2PO4 (pH to 6.0 with 3M 136g/L 0.5 KOH) Issue Solutions  Parallel designs for aeroponic and hydroponic with electrodal analysis  Change in frame and structure design

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Aeroponics.  Spray instead Parallel designs for aeroponic and hydroponic with David Plant- Werecon: Advanced Water Treatment; Research of electrodal .
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