Jamaica: Solar Dehydrator

Author(s)

• Cole Cannon, University of Dayton
• Chris Leahy, University of Dayton

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

8-21-2018

Abstract

The team worked on a set of five different projects: Solar Dehydration, Tunnel Ventilation House, Automatic Rabbit Feeding, Aquaponics, and Tissue Culture. The degree to which each project was worked on varied; They had a large contribution in the first three projects mentioned in the prior list. The Solar Dehydrator was the project that they were solely responsible for creating. It involved the creation of a 3D model which heavily influenced the design of the physical model. The physical model’s official name was a Downdraft Solar Dehydrator. Due to the fact that the airflow moved downwards, instead of upwards. The solar dehydrator allowed a farmer to preserve their crops, instead of selling them at a lower price to a market. A Model Tunnel Ventilated House was another project the team had a large impact on. It involved powering heat lamps via solar panels, which heated baby chickens. Lastly, the team helped create an Automatic Rabbit Feeder. It was powered by a microcontroller, an Arduino which dispensed food into the rabbit’s bowls at the touch of a button. The other two projects, Aquaponics and Tissue Culture, only involved the creation of a 3D model.

eCommons Citation

Cannon, Cole and Leahy, Chris, "Jamaica: Solar Dehydrator" (2018). ETHOS Technical Reports. 86.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ethos_reports/86