reflection

Thought my experience with my senior project, not only i learned a lot about my project, but a lot about my self. During my research i got to know my mentor even more than i normally do. It was very entertaining on how we got to know each other. The visits down to Stanford were probably the most effective to me because i never really experienced a hard hat working construction site. Showing me around the site was very interesting because, it showed me how everybody worked together as a team to finish the job.

On a personal not i felt that i had a bigger responsibility because of the visits but also the project itself. I had to make time from doing other things like baseball to volunteer. I think the volunteering part was the funnest part of the project because i got to meet new people and got to see what kind of work my mentor actually did.

It was a good experience for me honestly, it gave me a chance to see what life is like out of high school. It gave me a chance to mentally prepare me for what i need to do. It also gave me a idea of what i want to do with life after high school.  I think it was a good experience for me.

final volunteering blog

This pipe is in the preliminary stages of fabrication. It is cut and sized and then will be welded. It will be used to tie in the pumps.







This is a pump that will move the chilled water. It is mounted on a inertia base that is filled with concrete. The attachment has been calculated due to seismic  activity in California.  

Here shown is the heart of the chill water system. It has tanks, heat exchanges and pumps. They all work together to provide chilled water. Within the next three weeks this will all be online to provide a more energy and cost effective system for Stanford. GO GREEN.

completion updated

This a condensate trap. It is used to drain the water that the coils produce  the pans.

In the earlier pictures of the fan walls there is no wiring. The next step will be to take 12 individual runs of wiring from this VFD to the fans. VFD mean variable frequency drive. The VFD's will control the fan speed. The speed will be activated upon the amount of air needed to cool the building. The heat load is determined by the vices people and outside air temperatures. The control panel (not shown) will determine this. It interacts with the building energy system