DISTRIBUTION OF FINAL YEAR PROJECT:
Our final year project is split into two main parts which are detailed below:
Controlling Section (Electronic Side):
It contains all the mean of communication equipment’s that deals to our project how can we able to control our ship and manage to send anywhere that we want to send on it.
Mechanical Section (Hardware Side).
It contain all the necessary components which are fulfilling the need of our primary need of project through which we can able to collect and gather all the desired energy from the sea through our unique way and design to collect and generate electricity in an efficient and smart manner.
2.0 CONTROLLING SECTION (ELECTRONIC SECTION)
2.1.1 BLOCK DIAGRAM OF CONTROLLING SIDE ON SHIP:
2.1.2 DESCRIPTION OF BLOCK DIAGRAM:
• Sonar sends data to microcontroller if the obstacle is detected by the sonar so the notification given to controller and controller show the message on Lcd screen.
• Gps module is used here to continuously monitor our ship gps module continuously gets updated its location by connecting to satellite the position of ship is shown on screen in the form of latitude and longitude.
• Rf receiver is used here to send signal to micro controller how to react when we some occurrence is appears rf is used to navigate the ship according to our desired location and need so it give only path how to drive the motors.
• Lcd screen is used here to show the new and updated location of ship and obstacle detection warning.
• Motors is used here to drive the ship in according to desired condition need which is suitable according to environments need.
2.1.3 BLOCK DIAGRAM OF CONTROLLING SIDE ON OPERATORS POINT:
2.1.4 DESCRIPTION OF BL...
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... Darlington transistor to switch the motor on and off state. This circuit will work with small current but ,ay not function correctly with cheap DC motors. This is because this type of motor introduces a lot of electrical leakage on the power rails. This noise can be affect the microcontroller, and in some cases can completely stop the control program functioning. These comparators are designed for use in level detection, low level sensing and memory application in consumer and other electronic appliances.
These motors work as thruster along with a propeller attached at the end of the shaft of each motor which we attached it to the ideally design form to elaborated its function which is sufficient to providing enough thrust to achieve a considerable speed which we set for the ideal purpose because we don’t have that much big motor which can actually run the ship.
used by the boat was essential for communication and the safety of its passengers. The Titanic,
The experiment test-bed is composed of a DC motor, an engine, a chain drive, a shaft and other accessorial components. The DC motor is used to drive the engine shaft and its speed can be up to 1450 r/min.
Insert the key, turn, and vroom. And down the road you go. Most people take for granted the strange conglomeration of metal and plastic under that sheet of metal either in front or back of their vehicle. The engine as you may have guessed, is modern marvel- so to speak. They’re found in cars, trucks, boats, airplanes…All with various power outputs.
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The boat floats on the water according to Archimedes Principle which states an immersed object is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces. The force applied downwards by earth’s gravity coupled with the upward force of buoyancy allows the boat to float. The boat consists of separate components each having their own center of mass, or center of gravity. The boat, the occupant(s), the engine or oars, and the fishing gear all combine to create a whole unit. The center of mass for the whole system is the average of the center of mass of each component. These components may move relative to each other but as a whole cannot change its velocity or momentum without the application of an external force. Newton’s first law of motion states that an object at rest stays at rest unless a force is exerted upon it. For the boat to move through the water a force must be exerted upon it. The forces that move the boat can be the current of the water, the rowing of the oars, the engines propeller, and wind. As the boat moves through the water a Doppler Effect is created. The Doppler Effect applies to all
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...which moves a magnet back and forth through a coil of wire to generate electrical current in the wire. To prevent physical wear the piston does not actually touch the inside of the mechanism. This generator is mostly used in NASA projects.