Dominican Republic Research Paper
Dominican Republic: Electrical Deficit
Prepared by: Team E
Submitted By: Team E
DeVry University
Course: LAS432: Tech, Society, and Culture
Date Submitted: June 16, 2013
Table of contents Dominican Republic Background 4 History of bad government 4 Monetary policy 4 Serious economic inequality 6 Underserved Rural Population 7 Public Debt 8 Electrical Deficit 10 Old infrastructure 11 Energy theft 11 Outages 12 Electrical Deficit 12 Dependency on generators 13 Using technology to solve energy deficit 14 Different alternatives 14 Solar Power 15 Generator Energy 19 Wind Energy 20 Criteria 21 Comparison to criteria 22 Implementation Plan 24 Goal of pilot project 24 Managing the project 25 …show more content…
You will need to replace the air filter, oil filter, spark plugs, oil funnel, and chamois. The oil will also need to be changed periodically and all maintenance is to be performed every 200 running hours or 2 years
Wind Energy
Wind Speed
Wind power is generated when the wind speed is strong enough to turn the blades of giant fans, which in turn turns the turbine inside the machinery. The major setback for implementing wind power, as an alternative source of energy is the fact wind speed must be at least greater than 10 miles per hour, and this is not a constant situation (Green living, 20130). However, when wind speed is greater than 12 miles per hour, can generate 70 % more electricity, and the best approach to ensure such scenario is building platforms for the fans at higher altitudes (Green living, 2013). In case wind increases too much, it can damage the wind turbines, therefore most of the wind turbines automatically shut down when wind speed is greater than 25 miles per hour (Green living, 2013).
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This step is crucial for the pilot project since the success of the implementation plan is directly related to finding the most suitable technology to solve the electrical deficit in Dominican Republic. Following below is an explanation of how the grading system will be based on:
Criteria | Highest Grade | Observation | Lowest Grade | Observation | Amount of Energy | 100 | Sustainable and reliable source of energy | 50 | Too dependent on foreigner’s resources | Maintenance | 50 | Interrupted production | 25 | Frequent maintenance stops | Initial Investment | 25 | Within the budget | 0 | No financing alternative |
The following table illustrates how the selection of an alternative technology was made for the pilot project: Technology | Amount of Energy | Maintenance | Initial Investment | Total | Solar Power | 98 | 50 | 10 | 158
Prepared by: Team E
Submitted By: Team E
DeVry University
Course: LAS432: Tech, Society, and Culture
Date Submitted: June 16, 2013
Table of contents Dominican Republic Background 4 History of bad government 4 Monetary policy 4 Serious economic inequality 6 Underserved Rural Population 7 Public Debt 8 Electrical Deficit 10 Old infrastructure 11 Energy theft 11 Outages 12 Electrical Deficit 12 Dependency on generators 13 Using technology to solve energy deficit 14 Different alternatives 14 Solar Power 15 Generator Energy 19 Wind Energy 20 Criteria 21 Comparison to criteria 22 Implementation Plan 24 Goal of pilot project 24 Managing the project 25 …show more content…
You will need to replace the air filter, oil filter, spark plugs, oil funnel, and chamois. The oil will also need to be changed periodically and all maintenance is to be performed every 200 running hours or 2 years
Wind Energy
Wind Speed
Wind power is generated when the wind speed is strong enough to turn the blades of giant fans, which in turn turns the turbine inside the machinery. The major setback for implementing wind power, as an alternative source of energy is the fact wind speed must be at least greater than 10 miles per hour, and this is not a constant situation (Green living, 20130). However, when wind speed is greater than 12 miles per hour, can generate 70 % more electricity, and the best approach to ensure such scenario is building platforms for the fans at higher altitudes (Green living, 2013). In case wind increases too much, it can damage the wind turbines, therefore most of the wind turbines automatically shut down when wind speed is greater than 25 miles per hour (Green living, 2013).
Turbine …show more content…
This step is crucial for the pilot project since the success of the implementation plan is directly related to finding the most suitable technology to solve the electrical deficit in Dominican Republic. Following below is an explanation of how the grading system will be based on:
Criteria | Highest Grade | Observation | Lowest Grade | Observation | Amount of Energy | 100 | Sustainable and reliable source of energy | 50 | Too dependent on foreigner’s resources | Maintenance | 50 | Interrupted production | 25 | Frequent maintenance stops | Initial Investment | 25 | Within the budget | 0 | No financing alternative |
The following table illustrates how the selection of an alternative technology was made for the pilot project: Technology | Amount of Energy | Maintenance | Initial Investment | Total | Solar Power | 98 | 50 | 10 | 158