Team Name/Logo Ideas

Okay so you guys can just log in to blogger, and edit this post to add ideas about team names and logos. Just make sure you put your name at the end so we know who's idea it is :) Don't forget to do research this week too and bring your info next Thursday! Happy Thanksgiving weekend! - Laura

We could do an acronym.
The U of W hydrogen car teams name is:

I think the text looks cool but the acronym stinks:
I waft, NO YOU waft!
We could be:
- WCI EVO - Electric Vehicle Operation, as in
"We are the from the WCI
EVO could be about the EVOlution of the car to electric.
maybe - ECO Team - Electric Car Operation Team
or - GREEN - Group Researching Electric Energy Needs
Aaron Z.

I love Aaron's idea! Keep them coming!

I thought of some ideas to work with - Maybe something to do with ZERO (since it's going to be a zero-emission vehicle!) and it stand for Zero Emission Renewable... something? haha.. Or maybe Clean/Green Machine Team....? Clearly Aaron is MUCH better at this than me... but the more ideas the better right? I can't wait to hear more tomorrow!

Cheers,

Sara

Nexa Fuel Cell

If you want to see the Hydrogen PowerPoint again it's in Google Documents called "Aaron's Hydrogen Fuel System."
PS. I emailed the Heliocentris and figured out that a Nexa computer controlled fuel cell system would cost about $15,000.

—http://www.heliocentris.com/en/rd_solutions/nexa_system_solution.html
-Sellers Website —Look at the Data Sheet and Testimonials Nexa PDFs
-Read about the “Drive Set”
http://www.interstatetraveler.us/Reference-Bibliography/Dynamic%20Fuel%20Cell%20Performance%20Final%20Jan%202004%20U%20of%20M%20Rochester%20MN.pdf
-Detailed summary of all of the features and safety features that this system has

My dad also works at the U of W and he has discovered that two different research groups may have older fuel cells very similar to this one that they don't need anymore. I made up a short description of who we are and what we are trying to do that I emailed to them:

The Waterloo Collegiate Institute alternative fuel vehicle group is currently working with Reduce the Juice (www.reducethejuice.ca) to build a zero-emission two passenger electric vehicle. This vehicle will be used by Reduce the Juice at public events to educate and motivate communities about reducing carbon emission.

Currently the design team is looking at building a low speed electric car powered by a 2 to 10 kW DC motor. The energy source for this vehicle is still undecided though several options are being considered. The easiest and cheapest option which we have looked at is using is rechargeable batteries.
Another option we are looking at is buying a complete 1 to 5 kW PEM fuel cell drive system from a company such as Heliocentris. (www.heliocentris.com/en) The downside to this option is that it would be quite expensive as well as more complicated.

Another option that the WCI design team is looking at is to find a local research or engineering group who has an older system that is no longer being used. The advantages of this option are buying the fuel cell system at a reduced cost and even the possibility of having the unit loaned to Reduce the Juice. Another advantage of finding a used system would be having someone knowledgeable in the operation of that particular system who could assist in educating the team members involved in operating the fuel cell.

Aaron Z.
thor wci1960
http://www.skillsontario.com/competitions/pdf/2009/Secondary/09-Ontario-Robotics-Scope.pdf